The Shepherd of the Hills (1928 film)

The Shepherd of the Hills is a 1928 American silent drama film directed by Albert S. Rogell and starring Alec B. Francis, Molly O'Day, and John Boles.^[1][2]

The Shepherd of the Hills
Film poster with novel
Directed by	Albert S. Rogell
Written by	Dwinelle Benthall Marion Jackson Rufus McCosh
Based on	The Shepherd of the Hills by Harold Bell Wright
Produced by	Charles R. Rogers Richard A. Rowland
Starring	Alec B. Francis Molly O'Day John Boles
Cinematography	Sol Polito
Edited by	Hugh Bennett
Production company	First National Pictures
Distributed by	First National Pictures
Release date	January 1, 1928 (1928-01-01)
Running time	90 minutes
Country	United States
Language	Silent (English intertitles)

Molly O'Day and John Boles, 1927

Plot

Cast

• Alec B. Francis as David Howitt, The Shepherd
• Molly O'Day as Sammy Lane
• John Boles as Young Matt
• Matthew Betz as Wash Gibbs
• Romaine Fielding as Old Matt
• Otis Harlan as By Thunder
• Joseph Bennett as Ollie
• Maurice Murphy as Little Pete
• Edythe Chapman as Aunt Mollie
• Carl Stockdale as Jim Lane
• Ena Gregory as Maggie
• John Westwood as The Artist

Preservation

With no prints of The Shepherd of the Hills located in any film archives,^[3] it is a lost film.