The Shooting of Dan McGrew


1924

Film Details

Genre
Western
Release Date
Mar 31, 1924
Premiere Information
not available
Production Company
S-L Productions
Distribution Company
Metro Pictures Corp.
Country
United States
Screenplay Information
Based on the novel The Spell of the Yukon and Other Verses by Robert William Service (New York, 1907).

Technical Specs

Sound
Silent
Color
Black and White
Theatrical Aspect Ratio
1.33 : 1
Film Length
6,318ft (7 reels)

Synopsis

Although the dance troupe of which she is leading lady is successful in South America, Lou urges her husband, Jim, to seek another environment for the sake of their 2-year-old son. When Dan McGrew offers to put Lou on the New York stage and beats Jim in a fight, she runs away with him to Alaska, where she becomes a decoy in the Malamute saloon. Learning that Lou has been duped by her abductor, Jim follows them to the Klondike and kills McGrew. Husband, wife, and child are then reunited.

Film Details

Genre
Western
Release Date
Mar 31, 1924
Premiere Information
not available
Production Company
S-L Productions
Distribution Company
Metro Pictures Corp.
Country
United States
Screenplay Information
Based on the novel The Spell of the Yukon and Other Verses by Robert William Service (New York, 1907).

Technical Specs

Sound
Silent
Color
Black and White
Theatrical Aspect Ratio
1.33 : 1
Film Length
6,318ft (7 reels)

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