''Back to God's Country'' is a 1927 American silent Northern

adventure film The adventure film is a broad genre of film. Some early genre studies found it no different than the Western film or argued that adventure could encompass all Hollywood genres. Commonality was found among historians Brian Taves and Ian Cameron in ...

based on James Oliver Curwood's story ''Wapi, the Walrus''. The film was directed by

Irvin Willat Irvin V. Willat (November 18, 1890 – April 17, 1976) was an American film director of the silent film, silent film era. A short biography reprinted from ''Blue Book of the Screen'' (1923). He directed 39 films between 1917 and 1937. Early i ...

and stars

Renée Adorée Renée Adorée (; born Jeanne de la Fonte ; 30 September 1898 – 5 October 1933) was a French stage and film actress who appeared in Hollywood silent movies during the 1920s. She is best known for portraying the role of Melisande, the love inte ...

, who was usually an

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actress. The film is a remake of the 1919 film '' Back to God's Country'' which starred

Nell Shipman Nell Shipman (born Helen Foster-Barham; October 25, 1892 – January 23, 1970) was a Canadian actress, writer, and director who was active in silent film in the 1910s and 1920s. She used "the girl from God's country" as her sobriquet after starr ...

Plot

Cast

as Renee DeBois *

Robert Frazer Robert Frazer (born Robert William Browne, June 29, 1891 – August 17, 1944) was an American actor who appeared in some 224 shorts and films from the 1910s until his death. He began in films with the Eclair company which released through Unive ...

as Bob Stanton * Walter Long as Captain Blake * Mitchell Lewis as Jean DeBois * Adolph Milar as Frenchie Leblanc *

James Mason James Neville Mason (; 15 May 190927 July 1984) was an English actor. He achieved considerable success in British cinema before becoming a star in Hollywood. He was nominated for three Academy Awards, three Golden Globes (winning once) and two ...

as Jacques Corbeau *Walter Ackerman as Clerk *Flying Eagle as Indian

Preservation

A print of ''Back to God's Country'' is in the

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.The Library of Congress / FIAF American Silent Feature Film Survival Catalog: ''Back to God's Country''
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