The Grip of the Yukon

1928 film

The Grip of the Yukon

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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 (1928-07-09)

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

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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

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* 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

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

## References

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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

## External links

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Wikimedia Commons has media related to The Grip of the Yukon.

* The Grip of the Yukon at IMDb
* The Grip of the Yukon at AllMovie

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