An old man from the city comes to Mutton Hollow in the Ozarks to make amends for his son, an artist, who deserted the girl who posed for a picture which made him famous, and bore his child after he left. The old man becomes a shepherd for Old Matt Matthews, the girl's father.
Harold Bell Wright
United States
The Topography of Guilt: A Review of The Shepherd of the HillsIn the pantheon of early American cinema, few narratives capture the visceral intersection of landscape and morality as poignantly as The Shepherd of the Hills. Based on the seminal novel by Harold Bell Wright, this 1919 adaptation (featuring a cast led by A...
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"The Topography of Guilt: A Review of The Shepherd of the HillsIn the pantheon of early American cinema, few narratives capture the visceral intersection of landscape and morality as poignantly as The Shepherd of the Hills. Based on the seminal novel by Harold Bell Wright, this 1919 adaptation (featuring a cast led by Ardita Mellinina and Bert Sprotte) serves as a foundational text for the Ozark gothic tradition. Unlike the more domestic betrayals seen in The Other Man's Wife, this film elevates ..."
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