Santa Cruz County History - Films

On Location in Santa Cruz County
Chronological List of Films: 1911 — 1920
Compiled by Ann Young

 

This list contains the titles of films which were shot entirely or partially in Santa Cruz County, California. The year in front of the film title is the release date. If that date was not found, then the shoot date is given. Each title is followed by a listing of local newspaper articles, with links to the full texts of many articles from the 1910's and 1920's.

(1911) Diamond In The Rough

Note: Film was shot in 1911.

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(1912) The Danites

Note: Film was shot in 1911.

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(1914) Salomy Jane

Note: The film is based on the story "Salomy Jane's Kiss" by Bret Harte.

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(1915) The Lily Of Poverty Flat

Note: The film is based on the poems "Her Letter," "His Answer," and "Her Last Letter" by Bret Harte.

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(1915) The Lure of Woman

Note: "The Renegade" was the working title. The film is based on "The Renegade" by Paul Armstrong.

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(1915) A Phyllis Of The Sierras

Note: The film is based on the novel of the same title by Bret Harte.

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(1915) The Renegade

(1915) The Valley of Hearts Delight

Note: Film was shot in 1915.

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(1916) The Aryan

Note: The film is based on the story of the same title by C. Gardner Sullivan.

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(1916) The Call of the Pipe

Note: Film was shot in 1916.

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(1916) In the Carquinez Woods

(1916) The Carquinez Woods

(1916) Cindy Lane's Sacrifice

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(1916) The Feud

Note: Film was shot in 1916.

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(1916) The Halfbreed

Note: The film is based on "In The Carquinez Woods" by Bret Harte. "In The Carquinez Woods" and "The Carquinez Woods" were the working titles.

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(1916) The Primal Lure

Note: The film is based on the novel, "The Primal Lure: A Romance of Fort Lu Cerne," by Vingie E. Roe.

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(1916) The Sea Urchin

Note: Film was shot in 1916.

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(1916) The Secret Formula

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(1916) Smugglers' Awakening

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(1916) The Sprite of the Breakers

Note: Film was shot in 1916.

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(1916) A Subtle Revenge

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(1916) The Tip

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(1916) Traced in the Sands

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(1916) The Trail of the Lonesome Pine

Note: Note: The film is based on the play "The Trail of the Lonesome Pine" by Eugene Walter and the book of the same name by John William Fox, Jr..

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(1916) Welsh Rarebit and Pickles

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(1917) The Babes in the Woods

Note: The film is based on the fairy tale "Hansel und Gretel" collected in "Kinder und Hausmärchen" compiled by Jakob and Wilhelm Grimm.

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(1917) The Cold Deck

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(1917) Freckles

Note: The film is based on the novel of the same name by Gene Stratton-Porter.

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(1917) The Girl of the Timber Claims

Note: "The Girl Of The Timberlands" was the working title. It is based on the story "The Girl Homesteader" by Mary H. O'Connor. The film was shot in 1916 but released in 1917.

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(1917) The Girl of the Timberlands

(1917) Hell Hath No Fury

Note: The American Film Institute Catalog remarks that although the film "was completed and was to be released 20 Mar 1917, no confirmation of its actual release has been found. It is possible that this is the same film as "When Destiny Wills," which was released to the state rights market in Mar 1918. All the cast members listed for "When Destiny Wills" were also listed for "Hell Hath No Fury."

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(1917) A Kentucky School Master

(1917) Melissa of the Hills

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(1917) Mothers of Men

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(1917) Mountain Dew

Note: "A Kentucky Schoolmaster" was the working title.

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(1917) In Other Men's Boots

(1917) Peggy Leads the Way

Note: "Peggy Takes The Lead" was the working title.

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(1917) Peggy Takes the Lead

(1917) Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm

Note: The film is based on the novel of the same name by Kate Douglas Wiggin.

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(1917) A Romance of the Redwoods

Note: "In Other Men's Boots" was the working title.

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(1917) Sudden Jim

Note: The film is based on the novel of the same name by Clarence Budington Kelland.

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(1917) The Sunset Trail

Note: The film is based on the story by Alice McIver.

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(1918) Blue Blazes Rawden

Note: The film was shot in 1917 but released and copyrighted in 1918.

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(1918) The Family Skeleton

Note: The film was shot in 1917 but released and copyrighted in 1918.

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(1918) Flare Up Sal

Note: "Flare Up Sal Of Jimtown" was the working title. The film was shot in 1917 but released and copyrighted in 1918.

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(1918) Flare Up Sal of Jimtown

(1918) Jules of the Strong Heart

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(1918) M'Liss

Note: The film is based on the novel "M'Liss: An Idyll of Red Mountain" by Bret Harte.

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(1918) Rosemary Climbs the Heights

Note: The film was shot in 1917 but released and copyrighted in 1918.

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(1918) Stella Maris

Note: The film is based on the novel by William J. Locke. It was shot in 1917 but released and copyrighted in 1918.

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(1918) Tyrant Fear

Note: The film was shot in 1917 but released and copyrighted in 1918.

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(1919) Blackie's Redemption

Note: "Powers That Pray" was the working title. The film is based on the novel "Boston Blackie" by Jack Boyle. The novel was compiled from two short stories, "Boston Blackie's Mary" and "Fred The Count," which appeared in the "Red Book Magazine" in November 1917 and January 1918 respectively.

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(1919) False Evidence

Note: "Madelon of The Redwoods" was the working title. The film is based on the novel "Madelon" by Mary E. Wilkins Freeman.

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(1919) Heart of Juanita

Note: The American Film Institute Catalog remarks: "This film was produced in 1916 under the title "The Passion Flower." When the Robertson-Cole Co. obtained it in the spring of 1919, the film's title was "The Specific." The film was released in 1919 under the title "Heart Of Juanita."

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(1919) Just Squaw

Note: The film was shot in 1917 but released in 1919.

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(1919) Madelon of the Redwoods

(1919) The Matrimonial Mixup

Note: The American Film Institute Catalog remarks that although the film "was completed and was to be released 20 Mar 1917, no confirmation of its actual release has been found. It is possible that this is the same film as "When Destiny Wills," which was released to the state rights market in Mar 1918. All the cast members listed for "When Destiny Wills" were also listed for "Hell Hath No Fury."

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(1919) The Passion Flower

(1919) Powers that Pray

(1919) The Specific

(1920) The Dead Line

(1920) The Flame Of Hellgate

Note: "The Dead Line" was the working title. The film was shot in 1917 but released in 1920.

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(1920) Heart Of The Redwoods

Note: This film was shot previous to 1921.

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(1920) Jes' Call Me Jim

Note: The film is based on the novel "Seven Oaks" by James G. Holland.

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(1920) The One-Way Trail

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(1920) Peaceful Valley

Note: The film is based on the play of the same name by Edward E. Kidder. It was shot and released in 1920 but copyrighted in 1921.

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(1920) The Scoffer

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(1920) The Testing Block

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