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The Call of the Cumberlands
(1916) United States of America
B&W : Five reels
Directed by Julia Crawford Ivers

Cast: Dustin Farnum [Samson South], Winifred Kingston [Sally Spicer], Herbert Standing [Spicer South], Page Peters [Wilfred Horton], Howard Davies [James Farbish], Dick La Strange [Tamarack Spicer], Joe Ray [Aaron Hollis], Myrtle Stedman [Adrienne Lescott], Virginia Foltz [Mrs. Lescott], Michael Hallvard [George Lescott]

Pallas Pictures production; distributed by Paramount Pictures Corporation. / From the novel The Call of the Cumberlands by Charles Neville Buck. Sec decoration by Earl Sibley. Technical direction by Earl Sibley. Cinematography by Dal Clawson. / © 4 January 1916 by J.C. Ivers (Julia Crawford Ivers) [LP7388]. Released 25 January 1916. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format.

Drama.

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

Current rights holder: Public domain [USA].

Listing updated: 19 March 2012.

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

Home video: Blu-ray Disc, DVD.