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1928 film

The Grip of the Yukon
Film still
Directed byErnst Laemmle
Written byCharles Logue (adaptation & scenario)
Tom Reed (titles)
Buford Bennett (titles)
Based onThe Yukon Trail, A Tale of the North
by William MacLeod Raine
StarringFrancis X. Bushman
Neil Hamilton
CinematographyJackson Rose
Edited byMaurice Pivar
Ted Kent
Distributed byUniversal Pictures
Release date
  • July 9, 1928 (1928-07-09)
Running time65 mins.
CountryUnited States
LanguageSilent (English intertitles)

The Grip of the Yukon is a 1928 American silent Western film directed by Ernst Laemmle, the nephew of Universal Pictures founder Carl Laemmle. The film starred Francis X. Bushman and Neil Hamilton, and is based on a novel by William MacLeod Raine, "The Yukon Trail, A Tale of the North".

Plot

An old-time Alaskan miner dies and leaves his fortune and holdings to his daughter in the states. She comes north and is befriended by two old friends of her father. And she needs all the befriending they can provide as a true-blue villain has designs on her holdings and attributes.

Cast

Preservation status

The Grip of the Yukon is now presumed lost. However, a 16mm print of the film may exist.

References

  1. Progressive Silent Film List: The Grip of the Yukon at silentera.com
  2. The Library of Congress American Silent Feature Film Survival Catalog: The Grip of the Yukon
  3. The Grip of the Yukon at Arne Andersen's Lost Film Files: Universal Pictures 1928

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