''The Trail of '98'' is a 1928 American synchronized sound
action-adventure
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drama film
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featuring
Harry Carey and
Dolores del Río
María de los Dolores Asúnsolo y López Negrete (3 August 1904 – 11 April 1983), known professionally as Dolores del Río (), was a Mexican actress. With a career spanning more than 50 years, she is regarded as the first major female Latin Am ...
about the
Klondike Gold Rush. While the film has no audible dialog, it was released with a synchronized musical score, with sound effects using both the sound-on-disc and sound-on-film process. The film was originally released by
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
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in a short-lived
widescreen
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process called "Fantom Screen".
The film is based on the 1910 novel of the same name, written by
Robert W. Service
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.
Plot
Cast
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Dolores del Río
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as Berna
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Ralph Forbes as Larry
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Karl Dane as Lars Petersen
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Harry Carey as Jack Locasto
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Tully Marshall
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as Salvation Jim
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George Cooper as Samuel Foote (The Worm)
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Russell Simpson as Old Swede
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Emily Fitzroy
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She made her film debut in 1915. Her debut ...
as Mrs. Bulkey
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Tenen Holtz
Tenen Holtz (born Alex Elihu Tenenholtz; February 17, 1887 – July 1, 1971) was an American actor. He appeared in nearly 60 films between 1926 and 1961.
Biography
Holtz was born in Ozeran, Volhynia district, now in Ukraine, and came to th ...
as Mr. Bulkey
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Cesare Gravina as Henry Kelland (Berna's Grandfather)
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Doris Lloyd
Hessy Doris Lloyd (3 July 1891 – 21 May 1968) was a British actress. She appeared in ''The Time Machine'' (1960) and ''The Sound of Music'' (1965).
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Lloyd's parents were Edward Franklin Lloyd and Hessy Jane McCappin. She was bor ...
as Locasto's procurer
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E. Alyn Warren as Engineer
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Johnny Downs
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as Mother's boy (as John Down)
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Ray Hallor as Brother Jim
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Ray Gallagher as Brother Joe
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Francis Ford as Gold Commissioner's assistant (uncredited)
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Roscoe Karns
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as Man on ship (uncredited)
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Jacques Tourneur
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as Extra (uncredited)
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Lou Costello
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Abbott and Cos ...
performed uncredited stunts for Carey and possibly even del Rio.
Music
The film features a theme song titled "I Found Gold When I Found You", by William Axt (music), and Hazel Mooney and Ev. E. Lyne (words).
Production
The film was shot on location in
Denver
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and
The Great Divide,
Colorado
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,
Truckee, California
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,
Dawson City, Yukon
Dawson City is a town in the Canadian territory of Yukon. It is inseparably linked to the Klondike Gold Rush (1896–1899). Its population was 1,577 as of the 2021 census, making it the second-largest municipality in Yukon.
History
Prior t ...
, Canada, and in various locations in
Alaska
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, including
Skagway and
Copper River.
While shooting the rapids sequence, four stuntmen drowned in the Copper River, including Jerome Bauten, Howard Daughters, and Ray “Red” Thompson, who trained horses for cliff dives.
Home media
A complete print of the film exists
with a synchronized musical score and sound effects, and it became available on
DVD
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as part of
Warner Bros.
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's manufacture-on-demand titles in March 2009.
See also
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Harry Carey filmography
This is a list of films featuring Harry Carey.
References
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Male actor filmographies
American filmographies
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List of early sound feature films (1926–1929)
This is a list of early pre-recorded sound and part or full talking feature films made in the United States and Europe during the transition from silent film to sound film, sound, between 1926 and 1929. During this time a variety of recording syst ...
References
External links
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Magnified Grandeur - The Big Screen, 1926-31 David Coles, 2001
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1928 films
1928 drama films
1920s American films
American action adventure films
American action drama films
American adventure drama films
American black-and-white films
American silent feature films
Films based on works by Robert W. Service
Films directed by Clarence Brown
Films set in 1898
Films set in Alaska
Films shot in Alaska
Films shot in California
Films shot in Colorado
Films shot in Denver
Films shot in Yukon
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer films
Silent American drama films
Surviving American silent films
Synchronized sound films
Films scored by William Axt