The Tiger's Cub
Cast & Crew
Charles Giblyn
Pearl White
Thomas Carrigan
J. Thornton Baston
John Davidson
Frank Evans
Film Details
Synopsis
David Summers, who has ventured to Alaska in search of his father, falls victim to the elements and is rescued by Tiger's Cub, so named because the man who claims her as his daughter uses the pseudonym of Tiger. Unknown to David, a few days prior to his arrival, the Tiger and his partner, Bill Slack, had cheated David's father in a crooked poker game and then killed him. After he is rescued, David goes home with the girl, whose mother is ill, and the two fall in love. Soon after, Tiger returns, having promised his daughter to Slack in return for half interest in the mine which they stole from David's father. Presented with the ultimatum of consenting to the marriage or having her invalid mother cast into the snow, the girl consents to the sacrifice. After the ceremony, Slack attempts to rape the Cub, but David arrives in time to rescue her, while Slack is killed by the unseen hand of Hilda, the wife he deserted. Tiger is arrested for the murder, and with the revelation that he is not the Cub's real father, the path is cleared for a happy union between David and Tiger's Cub.
Director
Charles Giblyn
Cast
Pearl White
Thomas Carrigan
J. Thornton Baston
John Davidson
Frank Evans
John Woodford
Ruby Hoffman
Albert Tavernier
Crew
Film Details
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Notes
The novel was based on the play The Tiger's Cub by George Potter (London, 1915). Exterior scenes for this film were shot in Port Henry, NY where a recreation of an Alaskan village was built on the shores of Lake Champlain. Some advertisements and news items refer to the film as The Tiger Cub, and Tiger Cub. Although news items in August 1919 announced that The Tiger's Cub was to be Pearl White's first release for Fox, it was actually her second Fox production. In August 1919, Pearl White announced her intention to run for office as an assemblywoman from Queens County, NY. She later withdrew from the race, she stated, in order to make this film.
