''The Grip of the Yukon'' is a 1928 American silent

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film directed by Ernst Laemmle, the nephew of

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founder

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. The film starred Francis X. Bushman and Neil Hamilton, and is based on a story by

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, "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 - Colby MacDonald * Neil Hamilton - Jack Elliott *

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- Sheila O'Neil * Otis Harlan - Farrell O'Neil *

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- Sheriff

Preservation status

''The Grip of the Yukon'' is now presumed

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. However, a 16mm print of the film may exist.''The Grip of the Yukon'' at Arne Andersen's Lost Film Files: ''Universal Pictures'' 1928
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* * 1928 films 1928 Western (genre) films 1920s adventure drama films American adventure drama films American black-and-white films Films based on short fiction Films set in Yukon Universal Pictures films Films directed by Ernst Laemmle Lost American Western (genre) films 1928 lost films 1928 drama films Silent American Western (genre) films 1920s American films Silent adventure drama films Silent American drama films 1920s English-language films English-language adventure drama films English-language Western (genre) films {{silent-adventure-film-stub