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The Blinding Trail
(1919) United States of America
B&W : Six reels / 5600 feet
Directed by Paul Powell

Cast: Monroe Salisbury [Jim McKenzie], Claire Anderson [Helen Halverson], Helen Jerome Eddy [Adele Grey], Arthur Maude [Jean Du Brey], Johnnie Cooke (John Cook) [Bill Cairnes], Alfred Allen [John Halverson], Milton Markwell

The Universal Film Manufacturing Company, Incorporated, production; distributed by The Universal Film Manufacturing Company, Incorporated [A Universal Special Attraction]. / Scenario by Paul Powell, from a screen story by Stuart Paton and John B. Clymer. Cinematography by E.J. Ullman (Edward Ullman). Presented by Carl Laemmle. / © 18 April 1919 by The Universal Film Manufacturing Company, Incorporated [LP13627]. Released 19 May 1919. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format. / Working title: The Great White Darkness.

Drama: Romance.

Synopsis: Synopsis available in AFI-F1 n. F1.0382.

Survival status: The film is presumed lost.

Current rights holder: Public domain [USA].

Listing updated: 25 December 2024.

References: AFI-F1 n. F1.0382; Hirschhorn-Universal p. 33 : ClasIm-220 p. 40; ClasIm-240 p. 46 : Website-IMDb.