The Brand
Cast & Crew
Reginald Barker
Kay Laurell
Russell Simpson
Robert Mckim
Robert Kunkel
Mary Jane Irving
Film Details
Technical Specs
Synopsis
Vaudevillians Alice Andrews and Bob Barclay come to Ophir, Alaska in search of gold, but separate when he will not marry her and she refuses to continue north. She meets and marries Dan McGill, an older, simple living miner, but as the life is lonely and uneventful, she takes up with Barclay again when he returns. On the night of a blizzard, Dan discovers them embracing and sends them out. He leaves town himself and remains a brooding recluse, even after discovering gold and founding a new mining town. One day, venturing into town, he discovers Alice dancing in a tawdry dance hall to support Barclay's gambling. She pleads to be taken back and takes him to their child. Dan's long-suppressed emotions surge forth and he furiously attacks Barclay, choking him until, stopped by Alice, he brands Barclay's forehead with the sight of his revolver. Seeing Alice's remorse, Dan beckons her to come with him and their child home.
Director
Reginald Barker
Cast
Kay Laurell
Russell Simpson
Robert Mckim
Robert Kunkel
Mary Jane Irving
Gus Saville
Film Details
Technical Specs
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Notes
The story "The Brand" later appeared in The Crimson Gardenia, and Other Tales of Adventure by Rex Beach (New York, 1916). Kay Laurell was a Ziegfeld Follies girl. This was her first film. "Alaskan" scenes were filmed in Truckee, CA in the Sierra Nevada Mountains. Reviews call this both "a Goldwyn production" and a "Rex Beach photodrama." As Beach copyrighted the film, his company, Rex Beach Pictures Co., of which Samuel Goldwyn was president, May have been involved in the production.
