The Daughter of the Hills

The Daughter of the Hills
Directed byJ. Searle Dawley
Written byJ. Searle Dawley
Produced byDaniel Frohman
StarringLaura Sawyer
Wellington Playter
Production
company
Distributed byState Rights
Release date
  • December 20, 1913 (1913-12-20)
Running time
4 reels
CountryUSA
LanguageSilent (English intertitles)

The Daughter of the Hills is a 1913 silent historical drama film directed by J. Searle Dawley and starring Laura Sawyer and Wellington Playter. Daniel Frohman and Adolph Zukor produced with distribution through the State Rights system. It was released on December 20, 1913[1]

Cast

  • Laura Sawyer as Floria
  • Wellington Playter as Serquis
  • David Davies as Floria's father
  • Frank Van Buren as The Apostle Paul
  • P. W. Nares as Nero
  • Alexander Gaden as A Slave
  • Carmen De Gonzales as Leader of the Dance
  • Ben Breakstone as Opposing Gladiator

Preservation

The Daughter of the Hills is currently presumed lost.[2] In February of 2021, the film was cited by the National Film Preservation Board on their Lost U.S. Silent Feature Films list.[3]

References

  1. ↑ "AFI Catalog of Feature Films: The Daughter of the Hills". afi.com. Retrieved May 14, 2026.
  2. ↑ "The Library of Congress American Silent Feature Film Survival Database: The Daughter of the Hills". memory.loc.gov. January 5, 2017. Archived from the original on October 15, 2023. Retrieved May 14, 2026. Cite error: Unknown parameter "loc" in <ref> tag; supported parameters are dir, follow, group, name (see the help page).
  3. ↑ "7,200 Lost U.S. Silent Feature Films (1912-29)" (PDF). National Film Preservation Board. February 4, 2021. Retrieved May 14, 2026.