The Grip of the Yukon

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".

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

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

External links

• The Grip of the Yukon at IMDb