The Adventures of the Val of Gold
1910, France
Aka… Les Aventuriers du Val d'Or / ‘The Adventurers of the Val of Gold’ / ‘The Adventurers of the Valley of Gold’ (tr [?], Fr)
Ex… Die Abenteuer des Goldlandes / ‘The Adventures in the Land of Gold’ / ‘The Adventures in the Gold Fields’ (Ger)
Pc: Compagnie Générale des Établissements Pathé Frères [Charles Pathé] (Par)
Dist: Société Pathé Frères [Charles Pathé] (3468, 1910, Fr), P: Charles Pathé & Émile Pathé, Théophile Pathé & Jacques Pathé; Nv: Gabriel Ferry
C: Carmen Gilbert (The Bride), Harry Baur [Henri-Marie Baur] (Der Schwarze Vogel/The Black Bird), Philippe Garnier (Arechiza), Jacques Varennes (Fabian)
Syn: Canada [?] / France [?] Prospectors
Comm: Western elements. Most likely. THE ADVENTURERS OF THE VAL OF GOLD deals with gold prospectors rather than trappers set in either Canada or France. Either way it would have looked interesting.
This was Pathé
3468 production.
Gabriel Ferry
Novelist Gabriel Ferry [Eugène Louis Gabriel Ferry de Bellemare (November 1809, Grenoble - 3 January 1852)] wrote such book as “Capitaine Don Blas et les jarochos, scènes de la vie mexicaine” (1848), “Impressions de voyages et aventures dans le Mexique, la Haute Californie et les régions de l'or” (1851), “Vagabond Life in Mexico” (1856) and “Scènes de la vie sauvage au Mexique” (1879).
His most famous novel “Le Coureur de Bois” / 'The Runner of the Woods' (1879) was about unlicensed French-Canadian fur traders in New France, Quebec, PQ. It was revised for young German readers under the title “Der Waldläufer” / ‘Ranger’ by the German writer Karl May (c.1899). Which all lends to THE ADVENTURERS OF THE VAL OF GOLD having been inspired by May’s work - rather than being an average adventure tale. Besides, it was 1910 - and there were no credits assigned to films - and Karl May was still very much alive and may have wanted payment for having his name attached (at least to the German version of the film). Shame it is considered lost.
By Michael Ferguson
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