6.4 /10 1 Votes
65% Rotten Tomatoes Running time 78 minutes Director Lew Landers Producer Jack Schwarz | 6.3/10 IMDb Directed by Lew Landers Initial release 8 December 1945 Screenplay Lou Brock | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Produced by Jack Schwarz (producer) Written by John Lebar (story and screenplay)
Lou Brock (producer)
Robert Lee Johnson
Sam Neuman (adaptation) Starring Edmund Lowe
Brenda Joyce
William Severn
Harry Davenport Release date December 8, 1945 (1945-12-08) Production company Producers Releasing Corporation Cast Brenda Joyce, Harry Davenport, Edmund Lowe, William Severn Similar Rodeo, Adventures of Gallant Bess, Unknown Island, The Barefoot Mailman, The Red Stallion | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Saving the enchanted forest
The Enchanted Forest is a 1945 family film starring Harry Davenport as a hermit who finds and raises a young boy in a forest. The film and story served as the inspiration for a 1998 music composition/recording "Enchanted Forest" by Loren Connors and Suzanne Langille. It was filmed in Cinecolor and released by Producers Releasing Corporation.
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Plot
The hermit, Uncle John, communicates with animals and cares for the forest. He is at odds with a forester who wants to cut down all the trees, and wants any impediments (like Uncle John and the boy) removed. The child, Jackie, had been washed downstream after a train wreck in a storm. The mother, Anne, whose father owns the land, is told that the child must be dead, but she cannot quite believe it. When she visits her father, and walks in the forest, the boy catches sight of her, and she catches a glimpse of him as well. Through a series of interactions, the mother and child are reunited, the forest is saved, and Uncle John is able to stay.
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Color
The film was photographed in Cinecolor. The incredible unsuspected success of the film led to several major studios filming their own movies in the process.