Expert: DM - 5/13/2009

Question
I am looking for a movie I saw years ago. It was a period movie, Ghengis Khan-type. The leader wanted to see further ahead, but there were no peaks, hills, etc., so he has his men pile on top of each other to create a hill of mean and he rode his horse to the top to see what laid ahead.

Answer
Dear Ron,

Thank you for your interesting question. good to hear from you today. We are just now launching my new book, the first biography ever written about Richard Barthelmess. We are hard at work putting together a new biography about George O'Brien, which will be coming out this fall.

I stopped and did some research for you. Here is what I recommend:

Visit the following web sites and see if any title jumps out at you that matches up with the film you remember:

MOVIES UNLIMITED
http://www.moviesunlimited.com

GRAPEVINE VIDEO
http://www.grapevinevideo.com/

You might also visit this discussion group and post the same question inc case a like-minded movie fan recalls that particular title:
SILENT GOOGLE GROUP SITE
http://groups.google.com/group/alt.movies.silent/topics?hl=en

I looked up movies of this kind for you on this resource:
INTERNET MOVIE DATA BASE
http://www.imdb.com
and here are twenty movies I found, one of which might be the film you remember:

1. Genghis Khan (Genghis Khan (1965), Carlo Cura)

2. Gene Khan ("Iron Man: Armored Adventures" (2008), Vincent Tong)

3. La passe du diable (1958)
aka "I figli di Gengis-khan" - Italy  
4. Gengis Khan (1992)  
5. Maciste nell'inferno di Gengis Khan (1964)  
6. Po veleniyu Chingiskhana (2009)
aka "By the Will of Ghenghis Khan" - (English title)
aka "By the Will of Chingis Khan" - (English title)  
7. Mongol (2007)
aka "Mongol: The Rise to Power of Genghis Khan" - UK  
8. Genghis Khan (1998)  
9. Potomok Chingis-Khana (1928)
aka "The Heir to Genghis Khan"  
10. Aoki Ôkami: chi hate umi tsukiru made (2007)
aka "Genghis Khan: To the Ends of the Earth and Sea" - USA (new title)  
11. Genghis Khan (1965)  
12. Genghis Khan (2005) (TV)  
13. Cengiz Han'in hazineleri (1962)
aka "Treasures of Genghis Khan" - (English title)  
13. Dschingis Khan - Der apokalyptische Reiter (2004) (TV)
aka "Genghis Khan: Rider of the Apocalypse" - (English title)  
14. Genghis Khan (1950)  
15. Kizil tug - Cengiz han (1952)
aka "Red Plume - Genghis Khan" - (English title)  
16. R.C.M.P. and the Treasure of Genghis Khan (1966) (TV)  
17. The Golden Horde (1951)
aka "The Golden Horde of Genghis Khan"  
18. Changez Khan (1957)  
19. Cheng Sing Gong" (1987) (TV series)
aka "Genghis Khan" - (English title)  
20. Chingis-Khan (1991)  

If you had any additional information, such as an actor's name, more precise results may be possible to find.

Sincerely,
David W. Menefee

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