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The Alaskan
Theatrical poster
Directed by Herbert Brenon
Written by Willis Goldbeck (scenario)
Harry H. Caldwell (intertitles)
Based onThe Alaskan
by James Oliver Curwood
Produced by Adolph Zukor
Jesse Lasky
Starring Thomas Meighan
Estelle Taylor
Anna May Wong
Cinematography James Wong Howe
Production
company
Distributed by Paramount Pictures
Release dates
  • September 14, 1924 (1924-09-14) (NY; premiere)
  • September 22, 1924 (1924-09-22) (nationwide; USA)
Running time
7 reels; 6,736 feet
CountryUnited States
Language Silent (English intertitles)

The Alaskan is a 1924 American silent adventure drama film based on a novel by James Oliver Curwood set in northwoods country, as his novels tend to be, in this case Alaska. The film was produced and released by Paramount Pictures and directed by Herbert Brenon. The picture stars Thomas Meighan, Estelle Taylor and an early role by Anna May Wong. [1] [2] [3]

Cast

Production still. Left to right: Thomas Meighan, Estelle Taylor, Herbert Brenon, James Wong Howe

Preservation

With no prints of The Alaskan located in any film archives, [4] it is a lost film.

See also

References

  1. ^ The Alaskan at silentera.com
  2. ^ The American Film Institute Catalog Feature Films: 1921-30 by The American Film Institute, c.1971
  3. ^ The AFI Catalog of Feature Films: The Alaskan
  4. ^ The Library of Congress American Silent Feature Film Survival Catalog: The Alaskan

External links


From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

The Alaskan
Theatrical poster
Directed by Herbert Brenon
Written by Willis Goldbeck (scenario)
Harry H. Caldwell (intertitles)
Based onThe Alaskan
by James Oliver Curwood
Produced by Adolph Zukor
Jesse Lasky
Starring Thomas Meighan
Estelle Taylor
Anna May Wong
Cinematography James Wong Howe
Production
company
Distributed by Paramount Pictures
Release dates
  • September 14, 1924 (1924-09-14) (NY; premiere)
  • September 22, 1924 (1924-09-22) (nationwide; USA)
Running time
7 reels; 6,736 feet
CountryUnited States
Language Silent (English intertitles)

The Alaskan is a 1924 American silent adventure drama film based on a novel by James Oliver Curwood set in northwoods country, as his novels tend to be, in this case Alaska. The film was produced and released by Paramount Pictures and directed by Herbert Brenon. The picture stars Thomas Meighan, Estelle Taylor and an early role by Anna May Wong. [1] [2] [3]

Cast

Production still. Left to right: Thomas Meighan, Estelle Taylor, Herbert Brenon, James Wong Howe

Preservation

With no prints of The Alaskan located in any film archives, [4] it is a lost film.

See also

References

  1. ^ The Alaskan at silentera.com
  2. ^ The American Film Institute Catalog Feature Films: 1921-30 by The American Film Institute, c.1971
  3. ^ The AFI Catalog of Feature Films: The Alaskan
  4. ^ The Library of Congress American Silent Feature Film Survival Catalog: The Alaskan

External links



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