The Call of the North | |
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Directed by |
Oscar Apfel Cecil B. DeMille |
Produced by | Cecil B. DeMille |
Written by |
George Broadhurst Stewart Edward White |
Starring | Robert Edeson |
Cinematography | Alvin Wyckoff |
Edited by | Mamie Wagner |
Distributed by | Paramount Pictures |
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Country | United States |
Language | Silent (English intertitles) |
The Call of the North is a 1914 American silent adventure-drama film directed by Oscar Apfel and Cecil B. DeMille. It is based on a novel, The Conjuror's House; a Romance of the Free Forest by Stewart Edward White and its 1908 play adaptation The Call of the North by George Broadhurst. Robert Edeson starred in the play and reprises his role in this film. The film was remade by Paramount in 1921 with Jack Holt in the lead role.
Graehme, Ned Stewart's father was accused of adultery and killed being innocent. Ned decided to avenge his father, but got captured and sent to the long journey to death "la longue traverse". Fortunately Virginia saves his life and the story's villain confesses Ned's innocence.
A copy of the film is in the George Eastman House Motion Picture Collection.