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The Secret of Black Mountain
(1917) United States of America
B&W : Four reels
Directed by Otto Hoffman

Cast: Vola Vale [Miriam Vale], Philo McCullough [Blake Stanley], Charles Dudley [Ed Stanley], George Austin [George Cooper], Henry Crawford [Barton], Mignon LeBrun [Sarah Stanley], James Warner [Henry Stanley], Lewis King [Jake DeWitt], Jack McLoughlin [Jim Vale], T.H. Gibson Gowland (Gibson Gowland) [Jack Rance], H.C. Russell [Old Bill]

Falcon Features production; distributed by The General Film Company, Incorporated. / From the short story “The Secret of Black Mountain” by Jackson Gregory. Production supervised by H.M. Horkheimer and E.D. Horkheimer. / © 21 September 1917 by The General Film Company, Incorporated [LP11442]. Released 29 September 1917. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format.

Drama: Western.

Survival status: Print exists in the Library of Congress film archive.

Current rights holder: Public domain [USA].

Listing updated: 8 May 2012.

References: Website-AFI : with additional information provided by Pete Jones.