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".Progressive Silent Film List: The Grip of the Yukon at silentera.com
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.
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