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The Grip of the Yukon
(1928) United States of America
B&W : Seven reels / 6599 feet
Directed by Ernst Laemmle

Cast: Francis X. Bushman [Colby MacDonald], Neil Hamilton [Jack Elliott], June Marlowe [Sheila O’Neil], Otis Harlan [Farrell O’Neil], Burr McIntosh [Chardon, the hotelkeeper], James Farley [the sheriff]

Universal Pictures Corporation production; distributed by Universal Pictures Corporation [Universal-Jewel]. / Scenario by Charles A. Logue, from the adaptation by Charles A. Logue on the novel The Yukon Trail by William MacLeod Raine. Cinematography by Jackson Rose. Film editors, Maurice Pivar and Ted Kent. Intertitles written by Buford Bennett and Tom Reed. / © 28 December 1927 by Universal Pictures Corporation [LP24809]. Premiered 9 July 1928 in New York, New York. Released 15 July 1928. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format. / Silent film.

Drama: Northwoods.

Survival status: A print may exist as a 16mm reduction positive.

Current rights holder: Public domain [USA].

Listing updated: 4 January 2010.

References: Hirschhorn-Universal p. 60 : Website-AFI.