The Enchanted Forest (1945 film)
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| 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 |
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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. It was filmed in Cinecolor and released by Producers Releasing Corporation.
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)
Color
The film was photographed in Cinecolor. The incredible unsuspected success of the film led to several major studios filming their own movies in the process.[1]
Notes
- ^ p.114 Fernett, Gene Hollywood's Poverty Row 1930-1950 Coral Reef Publications 1973
External links
- The Enchanted Forest at IMDb
- The Enchanted Forest at the TCM Movie Database
- The Enchanted Forest at AllMovie
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