The Spell of the Yukon


1916

Film Details

Release Date
May 15, 1916
Premiere Information
not available
Production Company
Popular Plays and Players, Inc.
Distribution Company
Metro Pictures Corp.
Country
United States
Screenplay Information
Inspired by the poem "The Spell of the Yukon" by Robert Service in Songs of a Sourdough (Toronto, 1907).

Technical Specs

Sound
Silent
Color
Black and White
Theatrical Aspect Ratio
1.33 : 1
Film Length
5 reels

Synopsis

By forcing Jim Carson to leave town in order to avoid a trumped-up embezzling charge, Albert Temple gets rid of his only serious rival for Helen, whom he soon marries. Jim goes to Alaska, where he adopts Bob Adams, the son of a murdered friend, and then makes a fortune in a gold strike. After eighteen years in the Yukon, Jim returns to his hometown with Bob, who falls in love with Helen and Albert's daughter Dorothy. Because he so hates Albert, however, Jim refuses to consent to a marriage between Bob and Dorothy until Helen tells him that Albert is not the young woman's father. In reality, Dorothy is Jim's own daughter, and when he learns this, Jim quickly changes his mind about the marriage.

Film Details

Release Date
May 15, 1916
Premiere Information
not available
Production Company
Popular Plays and Players, Inc.
Distribution Company
Metro Pictures Corp.
Country
United States
Screenplay Information
Inspired by the poem "The Spell of the Yukon" by Robert Service in Songs of a Sourdough (Toronto, 1907).

Technical Specs

Sound
Silent
Color
Black and White
Theatrical Aspect Ratio
1.33 : 1
Film Length
5 reels

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Trivia

Notes

Variety gives Aaron Hoffman scenario credit. The collected poems were re-issued in 1907 as The Spell of the Yukon.