''The Storm'' is a 1922 American silent northwoods

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directed by

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and starring Virginia Valli, Matt Moore, and

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 ...

. It was produced and distributed by

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Plot

As described in a film magazine review, two men and a woman are snowed in together in a cabin in the Northwoods. One is a city man away for his health, the other a trapper. The young woman is the daughter of a French Canadian whose father had been killed by the North-West Mounted Police. Through the winter a silent bitter struggle develops between the men for the hand of the young woman which ends in the treachery of the city man being exposed and the trapper winning the affections of the young woman after a thrilling forest fire.

Cast

Preservation

Prints of ''The Storm'' are held at EYE Institut

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and

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. The Library of Congress / FIAF American Silent Feature Film Survival Catalog: ''The Storm''
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