''God's Country and the Law'' is a 1921 American silent

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. The drama of this kind is usually qualified with additional terms that specify its particular ...

produced by Pine Tree Pictures and distributed by Arrow Films. It was directed by

Sidney Olcott Sidney Olcott (born John Sidney Allcott; September 20, 1872 – December 16, 1949) was a Canadian-born film producer, director, actor and screenwriter. Biography Born John Sidney Allcott in Toronto, he became one of the first great dire ...

with Fred C. Jones and

Gladys Leslie Gladys Leslie Moore (March 5, 1899 – October 2, 1976) was an American actress in silent film, active in the 1910s and 1920s. Though less-remembered than superstars like Mary Pickford, she had a number of starring roles from 1917 to the ea ...

in the leading roles. It was adapted from the 1915 novel ''God's Country and the Woman'' by

James Oliver Curwood James Oliver Curwood (June 12, 1878 – August 13, 1927) was an American action-adventure writer and conservationist. His books were often based on adventures set in the Hudson Bay area, the Yukon or Alaska and ranked among the top-ten best selle ...

, which had been previously filmed under that title in 1916.

Plot

Cast

*Fred C. Jones as André *

as Marie *

William H. Tooker William H. Tooker (September 2, 1869 – October 10, 1936) was an American stage and film actor. Tooker acted with the Tivoli Comic Opera Company in San Francisco. On Broadway, he performed in ''The Coronet of the Duchess'' (1904) and '' The Gov ...

as Jacques Doré *

Cesare Gravina Cesare Gravina (23 January 1858 – 16 September 1954) was an Italian actor of the silent era who appeared in more than 70 films from 1911 to 1929. Born in Naples, Gravina was an orchestra conductor in his native Italy. As the conductor at ...

as 'Poleon *Hope Sutherland as Oachi

Preservation

A print is preserved at the

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and the National Archives of Canada, Ottawa.The Library of Congress American Silent Feature Film Survival Catalog: ''God's Country and the Law''
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References

External links

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website dedicated to Sidney Olcott. American silent feature films Films directed by Sidney Olcott American black-and-white films Silent American drama films 1921 drama films 1921 films Remakes of American films Northern (genre) films Films based on works by James Oliver Curwood Arrow Film Corporation films 1920s American films {{1920s-silent-drama-film-stub