''Prisoners of the Storm'' is a 1926 American silent

Western film The Western is a genre set in the American frontier and commonly associated with folk tales of the Western United States, particularly the Southwestern United States, as well as Northern Mexico and Western Canada. It is commonly referred ...

directed by

Lynn Reynolds Lynn Fairfield Reynolds (May 7, 1889 – February 25, 1927) was an American director and screenwriter. Reynolds directed more than 80 films between 1915 and 1928. He also wrote for 58 films between 1914 and 1927. Reynolds was born in Harlan, ...

and starring

House Peters Robert House Peters Sr. (12 March 1880 – 7 December 1967) was a British-born American silent film actor, known to filmgoers of the era as "The Star of a Thousand Emotions". Biography Born in Bristol, Gloucestershire, England, Peters bega ...

Peggy Montgomery Peggy Montgomery (1904–1989) was an American actress of the silent era.Munden p.180 She frequently played female leads in western films. Selected filmography * ''The Speed Demon'' (1925) * ''The Dangerous Dub'' (1926) * '' Looking for Trouble' ...

, and

Walter McGrail Walter B. McGrail (October 19, 1888 – March 19, 1970) was an American film actor. He appeared in more than 150 films between 1916 and 1951. Besides feature films, he appeared in ''The Scarlet Runner'', a 12-chapter serial. McGrail was born in ...

Plot

As described in a film magazine, Bucky Malone and his elder partner, Pierre LeGrande, prepare to close their northern mine to avoid being snowed in for the winter. Sergeant McClellan, of the

Mounted Police Mounted police are police who patrol on horseback or camelback. Their day-to-day function is typically picturesque or ceremonial, but they are also employed in crowd control because of their mobile mass and height advantage and increasingly in the ...

, overhears them in a trivial quarrel, and, when he arrives at White Lake, their destination, he is one of a group of people who see LeGrande’s dog sledge pull in without LeGrande. McClellan hits the trail and finds evidence that LeGrande has been murdered. He suspects Malone, not knowing that the two miners parted at the mine. Attempting to make the arrest, he is wounded by Malone in a scuffle and carried by the latter to a cabin where his leg swells and brings on a high fever. Malone then risks capture by going to the settlement for a doctor. In White Lake he meets LeGrande’s daughter, Joan, who is in serious financial straits. Doctor Chambers, a disbarred physician, has offered aid which she has declined, being suspicious of his motives. Not knowing that the stranger was her father’s partner, she appeals to him to help her in finding her father. A blizzard threatens and the doctor refuses to make the trip, so Malone sets out at night alone with bandages and medicine. The girl follows him at daybreak and the doctor, being unable to dissuade her, goes with her to the cabin where they are snowed in with the policeman and his prisoner. The jealous doctor turns McClellan against the man who has saved his life, and Joan’s love, which has been growing for Malone, turns to hate when she learns that he is accused of murdering her father. A snowslide buries the little cabin under a mountainous drift. Vainly they attempt to tunnel their way out. The air in the little hut is almost exhausted when Malone sees a big box of blasting powder. He prepares a big charge and sets it off. A peep of daylight appears after the explosion. The doctor rushes for the opening. Malone warns him that a second charge is coming, but too late. The doctor is killed by the charge which sets the others free. The contents of his medicine case are scattered about the floor, and among them is found the bag of nuggets belonging to the murdered LeGrande. Malone is free and Joan shows her feelings and comes to his arms.

Cast

as 'Bucky' Malone *

as Joan Le Grande *

as Sergeant McClellan *

Harry Todd Harry Todd (December 13, 1863 – February 15, 1935) was an American actor. He appeared in nearly 400 films between 1909 and 1935. On Broadway, Todd was a member of the ensemble in '' The American Way'' (1939). Todd died in Glendale, Cal ...

as Pete Le Grande * Fred DeSilva as Dr. Chambers *

Clark Comstock Clark Comstock (1862–1934) was an American film actor of the silent and early sound era. He appeared in around 50 films and serials between 1915 and 1930, many of them westerns.Katchmer p.69 Selected filmography * ''The Westerners'' (1919) * ...

as Angus McLynn *

Evelyn Selbie Evelyn Selbie (July 6, 1871 – December 7, 1950) was an American stage actress and performer in both silent and sound films. Biography Born in Louisville, Kentucky, as a young woman Selbie was a sidesaddle rider. She had a career which last ...

as Lillian Nicholson

References

Bibliography

* Goble, Alan. ''The Complete Index to Literary Sources in Film''. Walter de Gruyter, 1999.

External links

* 1926 films 1926 Western (genre) films American black-and-white films Films based on works by James Oliver Curwood Films directed by Lynn Reynolds Northern (genre) films Silent American Western (genre) films Universal Pictures films 1920s English-language films 1920s American films {{silent-film-stub