The Call of the Cumberlands is a 1916 American silent drama film directed by Frank Lloyd and written by Julia Crawford Ivers based upon the novel of the same name by Charles Neville Buck. The film stars Dustin Farnum, Winifred Kingston, Herbert Standing, Page Peters, Howard Davies, and Richard L'Estrange. The film was released on January 23, 1916, by Paramount Pictures.
Plot The story is about a family feud in the mountains of Kentucky.
Cast Dustin Farnum as Samson South Winifred Kingston as Sally Spicer Herbert Standing as Spicer South Page Peters as Wilfred Horton Howard Davies as James Farbish Richard L'Estrange as Tamarack Spicer Joe Ray as Aaron Hollis Myrtle Stedman as Adrienne Lescott Virginia Foltz as Mrs. Lescott Michael Hallvard as George Lescott
Preservation status A print is preserved in the Library of Congress collection. The Library of Congress/FIAF American Silent Feature Film Survival Catalog:The Call of the CumberlandCatalog of Holdings The American Film Institute Collection and The United Artists Collection at The Library of Congress (<-book title) p.25 c.1978 by the American Film Institute
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External links
Text of the novel Digital versions of the first edition from archive.org with signed dedication by Dustin Farnum