The Call of the North (1914 film)

The Call of the North
Film still
Directed by	Oscar Apfel Cecil B. DeMille
Produced by	Cecil B. DeMille
Written by	George Broadhurst Stewart Edward White
Starring	Robert Edeson
Cinematography	Alvin Wyckoff
Edited by	Mamie Wagner
Distributed by	Paramount Pictures
Release dates	August 10, 1914 (1914-08-10)
Country	United States
Language	Silent (English intertitles)

The Call of the North is a 1914 American silent adventure-drama film directed by Oscar Apfel and Cecil B. DeMille. It is based on a novel, The Conjuror's House; a Romance of the Free Forest by Stewart Edward White and its 1908 play adaptation The Call of the North by George Broadhurst. Robert Edeson starred in the play and reprises his role in this film.^[1]^[2] The film was remade by Paramount in 1921 with Jack Holt in the lead role.

Plot

Graehme, Ned Stewart's father was accused of adultery and killed being innocent. Ned decided to avenge his father, but got captured and sent to the long journey to death "la longue traverse". Fortunately Virginia saves his life and the story's villain confesses Ned's innocence.

Cast

Robert Edeson as Ned / Graehme Stewart
Theodore Roberts as Galen Albert
Winifred Kingston as Virginia
Horace B. Carpenter as Rand
Florence Dagmar as Elodie
Milton Brown as Me-en-gan
Vera McGarry as Julie
Jode Mullally as Picard
Sydney Deane as McTavish
Fred Montague as Jack Wilson

Preservation

A copy of the film is in the George Eastman House Motion Picture Collection.^[1]

References

1 2 "Progressive Silent Film List: The Call of the North". Silent Era. Retrieved February 21, 2009.
↑ The Call of the North as produced on Broadway at the Hudson Theatre August 24 1908; IBDb.com

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to The Call of the North (1914 film).

The Call of the North at the Internet Movie Database

Films directed by Cecil B. DeMille

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