The Mine with the Iron Door (1924 film)

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Directed by Sam Wood Initial release 1924 Story by Harold Bell Wright Cinematography Glen MacWilliams		Produced by Sol Lesser Director Sam Wood Producer Sol Lesser

Written by Louis D. Lighton (adaptation)Hope Loring (adaptation)Mary Alice ScullyArthur F. Statter Based on The Mine with the Iron Doorby Harold Bell Wright Starring Dorothy MackaillPat O'Malley Distributed by Principal Pictures Corporation Cast Dorothy Mackaill, Pat O'Malley Similar A City Sparrow, His Children's Children, The Dancin' Fool, Sick Abed, What's Your Hurry?

The Mine with the Iron Door is a 1924 American silent epic Western melodrama directed by Sam Wood and produced by Sol Lesser. The film is based on the novel of the same name by American Author Harold Bell Wright published in 1923.

Prints preserved in Gosfilmofond and Bois d'Arcy|France.

In 2010 the film was tracked down by historian Demion Clinco and shown by the Tucson Historic Preservation Foundation. As part of the screening english inter-titles were recreated and an original musical score composed by New York based conductor and composer Brian Holman.

In 1936 it was remade as a sound film The Mine with the Iron Door.