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The Call of the Cumberlands
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The Call of the Cumberlands

Jan 23, 1916
1h 3m
★ 4.2

A Great Play of Rural Life

Overview

An aspiring New York painter returns home to the Kentucky mountains to settle a feud between two rival families.

Genres

Drama

Production Companies

Pallas Pictures

Cast

Dustin Farnum

Samson South

Dustin Farnum

Winifred Kingston

Sally Spicer

Winifred Kingston

Herbert Standing

Spicer South

Herbert Standing

Page Peters

Wilfred Horton

Page Peters

Howard Davies

James Farbish

Howard Davies

Richard L'Estrange

Tamarack Spicer (as Dick Le Strange)

Richard L'Estrange

Joe Ray

Aaron Hollis

Joe Ray

Myrtle Stedman

Adrienne Lescott

Myrtle Stedman

Virginia Foltz

Mrs. Lescott

Virginia Foltz

Michael Hallvard

George Lescott

Michael Hallvard

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