Film director Edward Griffith stops valley resident and driver Godfrey Vigne for a chat during the filming of Unseeing Eyes, a 1923 northern adventure film produced by William Randolph Hearst and starring Lionel Barrymore, Seena Owen and Charles Byers. This photo was provided by Robert Vigne . The 90-minute silent movie, about the sister of a silver mine owner who hires a renegade pilot to fly her to her brothers rescue, was filmed near the Paradise Mine and on the frozen Lake Windermere note the snow chains installed on the cars rear tires. No copies are thought to be in existence today. Later, in 1939, the motor from this car powered Walter Nixons drag saw in Wilmer. Photo A1437 courtesy of the Windermere District Historical Society

Film director Edward Griffith stops valley resident and driver Godfrey Vigne for a chat during the filming of Unseeing Eyes, a 1923 northern adventure film produced by William Randolph Hearst and starring Lionel Barrymore, Seena Owen and Charles Byers. This photo was provided by Robert Vigne .The 90-minute silent movie, about the sister of a silver mine owner who hires a renegade pilot to fly her to her brothers rescue, was filmed near the Paradise Mine and on the frozen Lake Windermere note the snow chains installed on the cars rear tires. No copies are thought to be in existence today. Later, in 1939, the motor from this car powered Walter Nixons drag saw in Wilmer.Photo A1437 courtesy of the Windermere District Historical Society