The Shooting of Dan Mcgrew
Cast & Crew
Herbert Blaché
Edmund Breese
William A. Morse
Kathryn Adams
Audrine Stark
Betty Riggs
Film Details
Technical Specs
Synopsis
During the Alaskan gold rush, a dog sled stops outside the Malamute Saloon, and its driver, a "dog-dirty" prospector, stumbles inside. To the surprise of all present, the miner, Jim Maxwell, sits at the piano and plays a stirring tune that expresses the hardship of his past. Years earlier, Jim lived happily with his wife Lou and daughter Nell until his friend, Dan McGrew, tricked Lou into believing that her husband was unfaithful. Following Lou's elopement with Dan, Jim continues his life alone, and much later, he meets his now-grown daughter when her husband rescues him from a snowslide. Nell's husband is arrested for a murder committed by Dan, but Jim helps the innocent man to escape. Jim then enters the saloon, plays his tune and turns to face Dan and Lou, seated in a corner. The lights are extinguished, shots ring out and Dan is killed, while Jim survives to begin a new life with Lou.
Director
Herbert Blaché
Cast
Edmund Breese
William A. Morse
Kathryn Adams
Audrine Stark
Betty Riggs
Wallace Stopp
Film Details
Technical Specs
Quotes
Trivia
Notes
The picture was filmed in Canada, New York, Georgia and Texas. Betty Riggs laster changed her name to Evelyn Brent, and when the picture was re-issued by Metro in 1918, she was billed under that name.
