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Man of the Forest

Year
1926
Director
John Waters
Length
Not established

A man trying to prevent an abduction takes the intended victim to his own cabin — and she has no reason to trust him. Jack Holt and Georgia Hale lead this Zane Grey adaptation.

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Language
English
Tense Western

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A man's open hand reaches toward a woman who turns away among dense printed tree trunks.

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What survives

This 1926 John Waters adaptation belongs to Paramount’s sequence of Zane Grey Westerns. The Library of Congress’s August 2020 list classifies it as lost. AFI preserves a plot account and production credits; those records cannot establish how the forest scenes work on screen.

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Explore the AFI synopsis and credits, and distinguish this version from the 1933 remake. No viewable print has been identified in this review. A pressbook or lobby card can document a production without supplying its camera movement, performances or pace.

Heads-up

A quick, non-exhaustive note Listed as lost in the Library of Congress’s 2020 survey. AFI’s synopsis includes abduction, threats and killing. The written record does not establish a complete content advisory.
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