The Enchanted Forest (1945 film)

The Enchanted Forest
Directed by	Lew Landers
Written by	John Lebar (story and screenplay) Lou Brock (producer) Robert Lee Johnson Sam Neuman (adaptation)
Produced by	Jack Schwarz (producer)
Starring	Edmund Lowe Brenda Joyce William Severn Harry Davenport
Release date	December 8, 1945
Running time	78 minutes
Land	Vereinigte Staaten
Sprache	Englisch

The Enchanted Forest is a 1945 family film starring Harry Davenport as a hermit who finds and raises a young boy in a forest. The film and story served as the inspiration for a 1998 music composition/recording "Enchanted Forest" by Loren Connors and Suzanne Langille.

Plot

The hermit, Uncle John, communicates with animals and cares for the forest. He is at odds with a forester who wants to cut down all the trees, and wants any impediments (like Uncle John and the boy) removed. The child, Jackie, had been washed downstream after a train wreck in a storm. The mother, Anne, whose father owns the land, is told that the child must be dead, but she cannot quite believe it. When she visits her father, and walks in the forest, the boy catches sight of her, and she catches a glimpse of him as well. Through a series of interactions, the mother and child are reunited, the forest is saved, and Uncle John is able to stay.

Cast

• Edmund Lowe as Steven Blaine
• Brenda Joyce as Anne
• William Severn as Jackie (Billy Severn)
• Harry Davenport as Old John
• John Litel as Ed Henderson
• Clancy Cooper as Gilson
• Jimmy the Crow as Blackie (Jim the Crow)

External links

• The Enchanted Forest at IMDb
• The Enchanted Forest at the TCM Movie Database
• The Enchanted Forest at AllMovie