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The Water Hole
(1928) American
Color : Seven reels / 6319 feet
Directed by F. Richard Jones

Cast: Jack Holt [Philip Randolph], Nancy Carroll [Judith Endicott], John Boles [Bert Durland], Montague Shaw [Mr. Endicott], Ann Christy [Dolores], Lydia Yeamans Titus [Ma Bennett], Jack Perrin [Ray], Jack Mower [Mojave], Paul Ralli [Diego], Tex Young [Shorty], Bob Miles [Joe], Greg Whitespear [an Indian]

Paramount Famous Lasky Corporation production; distributed by Paramount Pictures Corporation. / From the short story “The Water Hole” by Zane Grey. Cinematography by C. Edgar Schoenbaum. Intertitles by Herman J. Mankiewicz. Edited by Jane Loring and Albert S. Le Vino. Presented by Adolph Zukor and Jesse L. Lasky. / © 25 August 1928 by Paramount Famous Lasky Corporation [LP25567]. Released 25 August 1928. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.37:1 format. Technicolor two-strip color process. / The production was partially shot in July in Death Valley, California. / Silent film.

Drama: Western.

Survival status: (unknown)

Current rights holder: (unknown)

Keywords: Color cinematography - Native Americans - USA: California: Death Valley

Listing updated: 17 May 2010.

References: Basten-Technicolor p. 170; Brownlow-Parade p. 331; Sweeney-Coming p. 128 : Website-AFI.