The Spoilers (1923 film)
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Directed by | Lambert Hillyer |
Written by | Elliott J. Clawson |
Based on | The Spoilers by Rex Beach |
Produced by | Jesse D. Hampton |
Starring | Milton Sills Anna Q. Nilsson Noah Beery Sr. |
Cinematography | John Stumar Dwight Warren |
Production company | Jesse D. Hampton Productions |
Distributed by | Goldwyn Pictures |
Release date |
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Running time | 80 minutes; 8,020 feet |
Country | United States |
Language | Silent (English intertitles) |
The Spoilers is a 1923 American silent drama film directed by Lambert Hillyer. It is set in Nome, Alaska during the 1898 Gold Rush, with Milton Sills as Roy Glennister, Anna Q. Nilsson as Cherry Malotte, and Noah Beery as Alex McNamara. The film culminates in a saloon fistfight between Glennister and McNamara.
The Spoilers was adapted to screen by Elliott J. Clawson from the 1906 Rex Beach novel of the same name. Film versions also appeared in 1914, 1930 (with Gary Cooper as Glennister), 1942 (with John Wayne as Glennister, Marlene Dietrich as Malotte, and Randolph Scott as McNamara), and finally in 1955.[1]
The character of Cherry Malotte also appears in Beach's The Silver Horde.
Cast[]
- Milton Sills as Roy Glennister
- Anna Q. Nilsson as Cherry Malotte
- Barbara Bedford as Helen Chester
- Robert Edeson as Joe Dextry
- Ford Sterling as Slapjack Simms
- Wallace MacDonald as Broncho Kid
- Noah Beery Sr. as Alex McNamara
- Mitchell Lewis as Marshall Voorhees
- John Elliott as Bill Wheaton, Attorney
- Robert McKim as Struve
- Rockliffe Fellowes as Matthews
Preservation[]
A print of The Spoilers is maintained in the film archives at Gosfilmofond in Moscow and the Centre National du Cinéma at Fort de Bois-d'Arcy.[2]
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- 1923 films
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- Films based on American novels
- American silent feature films
- Films directed by Lambert Hillyer
- Films set in Alaska
- Goldwyn Pictures films
- Films based on Western (genre) novels
- American black-and-white films
- American Western (genre) films
- 1923 Western (genre) films
- Films based on The Spoilers (Beach novel)
- American film remakes
- 1923 drama films
- 1920s silent drama film stubs