The Enchanted Forest (film)
The Enchanted Forest is a 1945 family film starring Edmund Lowe and Brenda Joyce, also featuring 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.
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| Directed by | Lew Landers |
| Produced by | Jack Schwarz |
| Written by | John Lebar (story and screenplay) Lou Brock Robert Lee Johnson Sam Neuman (adaptation) |
| Starring | Edmund Lowe Brenda Joyce William Severn Harry Davenport |
| Music by | Albert Hay Malotte |
| Cinematography | Marcel Le Picard |
| Edited by | Roy V. Livingston |
Production company | Producers Releasing Corporation |
| Distributed by | Producers Releasing Corporation |
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Running time | 78 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
Plot
A 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 trainwreck 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 to 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
- Al Ferguson as Truck Driver (uncredited)
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]
Location
The film was shot on locations in Humboldt County, California.[2]
References
- p.114 Fernett, Gene Hollywood's Poverty Row 1930-1950 Coral Reef Publications 1973
- Hesseltine, Cassandra. "Complete Filmography of Humboldt County". Humboldt Del Norte Film Commission. Humboldt Del Norte Film Commission. Retrieved 12 October 2017.
External links
- The Enchanted Forest at IMDb
- The Enchanted Forest at the TCM Movie Database
- The Enchanted Forest at AllMovie