Heart of the Wilds
Cast & Crew
Marshall Neilan
Elsie Ferguson
Thomas Meighan
Joseph Smiley
Matt Moore
Escamilo Fernandez
Film Details
Technical Specs
Synopsis
In the Canadian Northwest, Jen Galbraith lives in a tavern with her brother Val and her father Peter, a bootlegger who sells whiskey to the Indians. Val's friend Pierre resolves to win Jen, even though she is in love with Sergeant Tom Gellatly of the Mounted Police. When Val tries to retrieve some liquor sold illegally by the elder Galbraith to an Indian named Grey Cloud, the Indian insults Jen and Val shoots him. Tom is assigned to track down the murderer, but after he arrives at the tavern, Galbraith and Pierre drug him. Jen delivers the papers he is carrying to police headquarters, but when she discovers that they contain orders to arrest her brother, she shoots Tom to prevent him from going after Val. Pierre appears and attacks Jen, and soon after, Val returns, followed closely by a squad of police. Val and Jen force Pierre to confess that he killed Grey Cloud, and Tom tells the police that he shot himself accidentally.
Director
Marshall Neilan
Cast
Elsie Ferguson
Thomas Meighan
Joseph Smiley
Matt Moore
Escamilo Fernandez
Sidney D'albrook
Film Details
Technical Specs
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Trivia
Notes
Edgar Selwyn's play was based on Gilbert Parker's story. Elsie Ferguson starred in the 1908 Broadway production with Edgar Selwyn. According to publicity for the film, some scenes were shot in Cody, WY and in Yellowstone National Park, also in Wyoming. For information on other films based on the source material, see listing below for Pierre of the Plains.
