The Grip of the Yukon

The Grip of the Yukon
The Grip of the Yukon
	Film still
Directed by	Ernst Laemmle
Written by	Charles Logue (adaptation & scenario); Tom Reed (titles); Buford Bennett (titles)
Based on	The Yukon Trail, A Tale of the North; by William MacLeod Raine
Starring	Francis X. Bushman; Neil Hamilton
Cinematography	Jackson Rose
Edited by	Maurice Pivar; Ted Kent
Distributed by	Universal Pictures
Release date	July 9, 1928;
Running time	65 mins.
Country	United States
Language	Silent (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".^[1]

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

Francis X. Bushman as Colby MacDonald
Neil Hamilton as Jack Elliott
June Marlowe as Sheila O'Neil
Otis Harlan as Farrell O'Neil
Burr McIntosh as Chardon, hotelkeeper
James Farley as Sheriff

Preservation status

The Grip of the Yukon is now presumed lost.^[2] However, a 16mm print of the film may exist.^[3]

References

External links

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[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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