Salt of the Earth
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Saul Harrison
Director
Peggy Adams
Marjorie Kincaid
Chester Barnett
Wallace Hyde
Russell Simpson
Sinful John
William Wadsworth
Snowshoe
William Chatterton
Brandon P. Hyde
Film Details
Release Date
Dec
1917
Premiere Information
not available
Production Company
Thomas A Edison, Inc.; Perfection Pictures
Distribution Company
George Kleine System
Country
United States
Screenplay Information
Based on a story "Salt of the Earth" by Peter B. Kyne in The Saturday Evening Post (3 Feb 1917).
Technical Specs
Sound
Silent
Color
Black and White
Theatrical Aspect Ratio
1.33 : 1
Film Length
5 reels
Synopsis
Brandon P. Hyde, a crooked promoter, salts a mine with gold and then sells it to prospector Pyrites Kincaid. Discovering that his mine is worthless, Kincaid dies of disappointment, and his daughter Marjorie, who was to marry Hyde's son Wallace, breaks off her engagement to the young doctor because of his father's duplicity. When Wallace arrives in the mining town to become chief surgeon at its hospital, Sinful John and Snowshoe Dan, two old miners who worship Marjorie, decide that the situation must be rectified. They salt a worthless mine, sell it to Hyde Sr., and then turn over the proceeds to Marjorie, assuring her that Wallace knew nothing of the deal that killed her father. Marjorie then forgives Wallace, and the lovers reunite.
Director
Saul Harrison
Director
Cast
Peggy Adams
Marjorie Kincaid
Chester Barnett
Wallace Hyde
Russell Simpson
Sinful John
William Wadsworth
Snowshoe
William Chatterton
Brandon P. Hyde
Ivan Christie
Pyrites Kincaid
Film Details
Release Date
Dec
1917
Premiere Information
not available
Production Company
Thomas A Edison, Inc.; Perfection Pictures
Distribution Company
George Kleine System
Country
United States
Screenplay Information
Based on a story "Salt of the Earth" by Peter B. Kyne in The Saturday Evening Post (3 Feb 1917).
Technical Specs
Sound
Silent
Color
Black and White
Theatrical Aspect Ratio
1.33 : 1
Film Length
5 reels
