The Spoilers (1914 film)
The Spoilers | |
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Directed by | Colin Campbell Alfred E. Green (asst. dir.) |
Written by | Rex Beach (novel/play) Lanier Bartlett |
Produced by | William Nicholas Selig |
Starring | William Farnum Kathlyn Williams Tom Santschi |
Cinematography | Harry Gerstad Alvin Wyckoff |
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Distributed by | General Film Company |
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Running time | 9 reels (1914 release) 110 minutes (1916 re-release) |
Country | United States |
Languages | Silent film English intertitles |
Box office | $1 million[1] |
The Spoilers is a film directed by Colin Campbell. The film is set in Nome, Alaska during the 1898 Gold Rush, with William Farnum as Roy Glennister, Kathlyn Williams as Cherry Malotte, and Tom Santschi as Alex McNamara. The film culminates in a spectacular saloon fistfight between Glennister and McNamara. In 1916, an expanded version was released, running 110 minutes.
The film was adapted to screen by Lanier Bartlett from the Rex Beach novel of the same name. The film was remade in 1923 (with Noah Beery as McNamara), 1930 (with Gary Cooper as Glennister and Betty Compson as Malotte), 1942 (with John Wayne as Glennister, Randolph Scott as McNamara, and Marlene Dietrich as Malotte), and 1955 (with Jeff Chandler as Glennister, Rory Calhoun as McNamara, and Anne Baxter as Malotte).[2] All of the films feature a lengthy, intense fight sequence.
Cast[]
- William Farnum as Roy Glenister
- Kathlyn Williams as Cherry Malotte
- Thomas Santschi as Alex McNamara
- Bessie Eyton as Helen Chester
- Frank Clark as Dextry (billed; Frank M. Clark)
- Jack McDonald as Slap Jack (billed; Jack F. McDonald)
- Wheeler Oakman as Drury, The Broncho Kid
- Norval MacGregor as Judge Stillman
- William Ryno as Struve
- Marshall Farnum as Lawyer Wheatin
- Jules White
- Cleo Ridgely
Preservation status[]
The film exists in the Raymond Rohauer (Cohen Media Group) collection in an incomplete print.[3]
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