Men of the North
About Men of the North
Louis La Bey (Gilbert Roland), a French Canadian, is accused of stealing gold from a mine in the Canadian Northwest. Sergeant Mooney (Robert Elliott) gets the tip from Woolie-Woolie (Nina Quartero), who sees that Louis has fallen for Nedra Ruskin (Barbara Leonard), the daughter of mine owner John Ruskin (Arnold Korff). Louis pulls Nedra and her father out of a snowslide and saves Mooney after a dogsled chase. He is cleared of the theft and stays with Nedra.
Cast & crew
More about Men of the North
Hal Roach directed it for hire. He did not produce it. George E. Kann produced. Richard Schayer wrote the screenplay from a story by Willard Mack. Ray Binger photographed it and Tom Held edited it. MGM released the English version on 27 September 1930. It runs 64 minutes, about 7,200 feet, on the Western Electric system. MGM copyrighted it on 1 October 1930 (LP1621).
Themes
Making
This is the only film Roach directed as a hired director. On his own pictures he was the producer.
Look
Ray Binger photographed the snowslide and the dogsled chase in black and white.
Notes
- AFI says Roach also directed Spanish, French, German, and Italian versions shot at the same time.
- Roland, who was born in Mexico, also played Louis in the Spanish version. John Reinhardt played him in German, André Luguet in French, and Franco Corsaro in Italian.
- Barbara Leonard, who spoke five languages, also appeared in the French, German, and Italian versions.
- George Davis plays Corporal Smith. Robert Graves plays a priest.
- Roach put Charlie Hall and Our Gang player Dorothy DeBorba into bit parts in the English version.
Scenes
- Woolie-Woolie tells Mooney that Louis took the gold.
- Louis digs Nedra and her father out of the snowslide.
- He saves Mooney when the dogsled pursuit goes wrong.
