The Grip of the Yukon

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

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, hotel-keeper
James Farley as Sheriff

Production

The film was shot during the summer of 1927 on Stage 28, where the interior was transformed into a glacier.

Preservation status

A copy of The Grip of the Yukon is held by Lobster Films, Paris.