Avalanche 1928

Avalanche

1928 · United States · Directed by Otto Brower

TenseBleak Best saved for later · For patient viewers Western

A lost Paramount Western starring Jack Holt, Doris Hill, and Olga Baclanova, known today through documentation rather than a complete accessible print.

What to expect

The film’s absence marks how even studio-era features with recognised performers can disappear, leaving career histories with uneven visual evidence.

How to ease in

Approach this as a lost-film record. Credits and production history can be established, but detailed claims about action, performance, and editing must remain unavailable.

Heads-up

A quick, non-exhaustive note The film is considered lost; no page description can substitute for a surviving presentation.
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A lost Paramount Western starring Jack Holt, Doris Hill, and Olga Baclanova, known today through documentation rather than a complete accessible print.

An avalanche is an image of overwhelming movement, yet this film survives for us as still data. I want that contradiction to remain honest rather than inventing motion from a title.

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An avalanche is an image of overwhelming movement, yet this film survives for us as still data. I want that contradiction to remain honest rather than inventing motion from a title.

— Momo

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