The Valley of the Giants (1927 film)
| The Valley of the Giants | |
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Still with Doris Kenyon and Milton Sills | |
| Directed by | Charles Brabin |
| Written by | L. G. Rigby (scenario) |
| Based on | The Valley of the Giants by Peter B. Kyne |
| Produced by | First National Wid Gunning Richard A. Rowland |
| Starring | Milton Sills Doris Kenyon |
| Cinematography | Ted D. McCord (as T. D. McCord) |
| Distributed by | First National Pictures |
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Running time | 7 reels; 6,600 feet |
| Country | United States |
| Language | Silent (English intertitles) |
The Valley of the Giants is a 1927 silent film adventure directed by Charles Brabin and starring Milton Sills and Doris Kenyon who were real-life man and wife. It was based on a novel by Peter B. Kyne. First National produced and distributed the film having gained the screen rights to the story from Famous Players–Lasky and Paramount. Paramount had made a version of the novel in 1919 with Wallace Reid, and it would again be filmed in 1938 and readapted into the 1952 film The Big Trees. A copy of this film survives at the UCLA Film and Television Archive. It is also listed as existing in an incomplete print at the Library of Congress. A 16mm copy is housed at the Wisconsin Center for Film & Theater Research.
