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''The Alaskan'' is a 1924 American silent adventure
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The Library of Congress American Silent Feature Film Survival Catalog: ''The Alaskan''
/ref> it is a
drama film
In film and television, drama is a category or genre of narrative fiction (or semi-fiction) intended to be more serious than humorous in tone. Drama of this kind is usually qualified with additional terms that specify its particular super-g ...
based on a novel by James Oliver Curwood set in northwoods country, as his novels tend to be, in this case Alaska. The film was produced and released by Paramount Pictures
Paramount Pictures Corporation is an American film and television production company, production and Distribution (marketing), distribution company and the main namesake division of Paramount Global (formerly ViacomCBS). It is the fifth-oldes ...
and directed by Herbert Brenon. The picture stars Thomas Meighan
Thomas Meighan (April 9, 1879 – July 8, 1936) was an American actor of silent films and early talkies. He played several leading-man roles opposite popular actresses of the day, including Mary Pickford and Gloria Swanson. At one point he comm ...
, Estelle Taylor and an early role by Anna May Wong
Wong Liu Tsong (January 3, 1905 – February 3, 1961), known professionally as Anna May Wong, was an American actress, considered the first Chinese-American movie star in Hollywood, as well as the first Chinese-American actress to gain intern ...
.
Cast
* Thomas Meighan
Thomas Meighan (April 9, 1879 – July 8, 1936) was an American actor of silent films and early talkies. He played several leading-man roles opposite popular actresses of the day, including Mary Pickford and Gloria Swanson. At one point he comm ...
as Alan Holt
* Estelle Taylor as Mary Standish
* John Sainpolis as Rossland
* Frank Campeau as Stampede Smith
* Anna May Wong
Wong Liu Tsong (January 3, 1905 – February 3, 1961), known professionally as Anna May Wong, was an American actress, considered the first Chinese-American movie star in Hollywood, as well as the first Chinese-American actress to gain intern ...
as Keok
* Alphonse Ethier
Alphonse Ethier (December 10, 1874 – January 4, 1943) was an American film actor. He appeared in more than 70 films between 1910 and 1939. His first name was sometimes spelled Alphonz.
Ethier acted on stage before he began making films wi ...
as John Graham
* Maurice de Canonge as Tautuk (as Maurice Cannon)
* Charles Ogle as Lawyer
Preservation
With no prints of ''The Alaskan'' located in any film archives,/ref> it is a
lost film
A lost film is a feature or short film that no longer exists in any studio archive, private collection, public archive or the U.S. Library of Congress.
Conditions
During most of the 20th century, U.S. copyright law required at least one copy o ...
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See also
*List of lost films
For this list of lost films, a lost film is defined as one of which no part of a print is known to have survived. For films in which any portion of the footage remains (including trailers), see List of incomplete or partially lost films.
Reas ...
References
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* * * 1924 films American silent feature films Films directed by Herbert Brenon Films set in Alaska Lost American films 1920s adventure drama films American adventure drama films American black-and-white films Paramount Pictures films Northern (genre) films 1924 lost films Lost adventure drama films 1924 drama films Films based on novels by James Oliver Curwood 1920s American films Silent American drama films Silent adventure drama films 1920s English-language films {{1920s-silent-drama-film-stub