Jack Chanty
Cast & Crew
Max Figman
Max Figman
Lolita Robertson
H. A. Livingston
Edwin Harley
Antrim Stewart
Film Details
Synopsis
After stockbroker Malcolm Piers, the scion of an old aristocratic family, goes bankrupt, he leaves for the Canadian Northwest with only a banjo to remake his fortune. John Garrod, Piers's secretary, loses clients' securities gambling and blames the absent Piers. In Athabasca, Piers, now called "Jack Chanty" because of his songs, wit and fellowship, falls in love with Mary Cranston, a quarter-breed. When Lieutenant Governor Sir Bryson Trangmar arrives to search for gold, Mary jealously watches as Trangmar's daughter Luedd flirts with Jack. Garrod, now in Trangmar's service, refuses to recognize Jack. After Trangmar hires Jack and Ascota, a half-breed who loves Mary, Trangmar's claim is found to be worthless. Trangmar arrests Jack after Garrod tells of his supposed crime and appropriates Jack's rich claims, but with the aid of Mary and her brother, Jack exonerates himself. After Garrod escapes and dies from exhaustion, and Ascota jumps from a mountain to escape Jack's vengeance, Jack leaves for civilization with Luedd. Disgusted with the shallowness he finds, he returns to the waiting Mary.
Director
Max Figman
Cast
Max Figman
Lolita Robertson
H. A. Livingston
Edwin Harley
Antrim Stewart
F. H. Garland
Ethel Davis
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Notes
Some scenes in the film were shot at the Sacramento River, Mt. Lowe and Mt. Gabriel, CA and in Griffith Park in Los Angeles, where an Indian village was set up under the direction of an old Indian. Mojave Indians appeared in the film. The film showed early in February 1915 at a theater in Los Angeles. Max Figman and Lolita Robertson were married. According to news items appearing while the film was in production, other actors in the cast included Al W. Filson, Roy Stewart, Normand McDonald, Antrim Short and Helen Marlborough. The "Antrim Stewart" mentioned in reviews of the film, May have been a mistaken combination of the names "Antrim Short" and "Roy Stewart."
