North Star (1925 film)

1925 film by Paul Powell

North Star

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Directed by| Paul Powell
Written by|

* Charles Horan

Based on| North Star: a Dog Story of the Canadian Northwest
1925 novel
by Rufus King
Produced by| Howard Estabrook
Starring|

* Virginia Lee Corbin
* Stuart Holmes
* Ken Maynard
* Clark Gable

Cinematography| Joseph Walker

Production
company

Howard Estabrook Productions

Distributed by| Associated Exhibitors

Release date

* December 27, 1925 (1925-12-27)

Running time

| 50 minutes
Country| United States
Language| Silent (English intertitles)

North Star is a 1925 American silent drama film directed by Paul Powell and starring Virginia Lee Corbin, Stuart Holmes, and Ken Maynard.[1][2] The film was made as a showcase for Strongheart the Dog, a rival of Rin Tin Tin. Future star Clark Gable appears in a supporting role.

## Plot

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As described in a film magazine review,[3] the friends of Noel Blake, a wealthy young man, contrive a plot by which he is made to believe himself to be a murderer. He flees to the northwest timber country without his two best friends, his dog North Star, or Marcia Gale, the sister of one of his friends. He is followed by Dick Robbins, a man who intends to blackmail him and extort money from him. Marcia and the dog trail the villain close behind. At the end, after a fight between Noel and the blackmailer, the dog pursues the villain to his death over a cliff.

## Cast

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* Strongheart the Dog as North Star
* Virginia Lee Corbin as Marcia Gale
* Stuart Holmes as Dick Robbins
* Ken Maynard as Noel Blake
* Harold Austin as Wilbur Gale
* Clark Gable as Archie West
* William Riley as Wayne Connor
* Syd Crossley as Tramp
* Jerry Mandy as Tramp
* Martin Faust as Indian
* J.C. Fowler as Dr. Jim Craig

## References

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1. ^ Munden p. 552
2. ^ Progressive Silent Film List: North Star at silentera.com
3. ^ "New Pictures: North Star". Exhibitors Herald. 24 (1). Chicago: Exhibitors Herald Co.: 145 December 25, 1925. Retrieved January 10, 2023. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.

## Bibliography

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* Munden, Kenneth White. The American Film Institute Catalog of Motion Pictures Produced in the United States, Part 1. University of California Press, 1997.

## External links

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* North Star at IMDb
* North Star at the TCM Movie Database
* North Star at the AFI Catalog of Feature Films

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