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The Trail of '98
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Wikipedia article
'The Trail of '98' is a 1928 American silent drama film featuring Harry Carey and Dolores del Ro about the Klondike Gold Rush. The film was originally released by MGM in a short-lived widescreen process called Fantom Screen. The film is based on the 1910 novel by that title, written by Robert W. Service.
Cast
* Dolores del Ro as Berna
* Ralph Forbes as Larry
* Karl Dane as Lars Petersen
* Harry Carey as Jack Locasto
* Tully Marshall as Salvation Jim
* George Cooper as Samuel Foote (The Worm)
* Russell Simpson as Old Swede
* Emily Fitzroy as Mrs. Bulkey
* Tenen Holtz as Mr. Bulkey
* Cesare Gravina as Henry Kelland (Berna's Grandfather)
* Doris Lloyd as Locasto's procurer
* E. Alyn Warren as Engineer
* Johnny Downs as Mother's boy (as John Down)
* Ray Hallor as Brother Jim
* Ray Gallagher as Brother Joe
* Francis Ford as Gold Commissioner's assistant (uncredited)
* Roscoe Karns as Man on ship (uncredited)
* Jacques Tourneur as Extra (uncredited)
* Lou Costello performed uncredited stunts for Carey and possibly even del Rio.
While shooting the rapids sequence, four stuntmen drowned in the Copper River (Alaska), including Ray Red Thompson who trained horses for cliff dives.' Hollywood', TV documentary mini-series, episode 5 Hazard of the Game, Thames 1980; Arthur Wise & Derek Ware, Stunting in the Cinema, Constable, London, 1973, pp. 45 & 53.
DVD release
A complete print of the film exists with a synchronized musical score and sound effects, and it became available on DVD as part of Warner Bros.'s Manufacture-on-Demand DVD titles in March 2009.
See also
* Harry Carey filmography
References
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