The Shepherd of the Hills (1928)
76 mins | Melodrama | 1 January 1928
Cast:
Alec B. Francis, Molly O'Day, John Boles [ More ]Director:
Albert RogellWriter:
Marion JacksonProducer:
Charles R. RogersCinematographer:
Sol PolitoEditor:
Hugh BennettProduction Company:
First National Pictures, Inc.The 28 Oct 1927 Motion Picture News reported that the company had returned to First National's Burbank, CA, studios after filming on location in the southern part of Utah.
For information on other adaptations of Harold Bell Wright's novel, please consult the entry for the 1919 production of The Shepherd of the Hills. That film was produced and directed by Wright and starred Harry G. Lonsdale. ...
The 28 Oct 1927 Motion Picture News reported that the company had returned to First National's Burbank, CA, studios after filming on location in the southern part of Utah.
For information on other adaptations of Harold Bell Wright's novel, please consult the entry for the 1919 production of The Shepherd of the Hills. That film was produced and directed by Wright and starred Harry G. Lonsdale.
David Howitt, a stranger, comes among the mountain folk of the Missouri hills and, taken in by an Ozark family, becomes known as The Shepherd because of his gentle and kindly ways. Years earlier, his son betrayed a mountaineer's daughter, and The Shepherd hopes to atone for his error. When a continued drought threatens the people with starvation and ruin, they lose faith in the "miracle man" and mock him, though he begs them to keep the faith. The miraculous coming of the rains restores their faith, and the father of the betrayed girl relents in his thirst for vengeance when The Shepherd confesses his son's ...
David Howitt, a stranger, comes among the mountain folk of the Missouri hills and, taken in by an Ozark family, becomes known as The Shepherd because of his gentle and kindly ways. Years earlier, his son betrayed a mountaineer's daughter, and The Shepherd hopes to atone for his error. When a continued drought threatens the people with starvation and ruin, they lose faith in the "miracle man" and mock him, though he begs them to keep the faith. The miraculous coming of the rains restores their faith, and the father of the betrayed girl relents in his thirst for vengeance when The Shepherd confesses his son's guilt.
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