Photo Essay by Carolyn Swift
“One Way Trail” is perhaps the most memorable movie made in and round Aptos a century ago.
In 1919, actress Edythe Sterling came up from Hollywood with her own production company to star in the silent film that was finished in just a few days.
Edythe and her horse performed heroic acts to save the day and rescue the endangered mountie shown in this scene at the Loma Prieta Lumber Camp.
The hills around Aptos had the nearest groves of redwood trees that could be cast by Hollywood to represent the Canadian northwest.
Actress Edythe Sterling comes to the rescue in this scene from “One Way Trail,” shot in 1919 at the Loma Prieta Lumber Camp in Aptos.
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One Way Trail on IMDB: www.imdb.com/title/tt0011542/?ref_=fn_al_tt_4