The Girl of the Northern Woods
About The Girl of the Northern Woods
Lucy Dane, a Canadian lumberman's daughter, and the surveyor Will Harding are in love. José, a trapper, wants Lucy and already resents Will for stopping him in the woods. José tries to ambush Will and shoots Will's assistant instead, then blames Will. A lynch mob ties Will up. Lucy frees him. José and Will fight, José falls from a cliff, and the mob recaptures Will. From the bottom of the cliff José calls for help, confesses to Lucy, and she stops the hanging.
Cast & crew
More about The Girl of the Northern Woods
Barry O'Neil directed. Thanhouser advertised the snow scenes as shot in real mountains; the New Rochelle Pioneer said the picture was made in New Rochelle, in winter, months before the June release. It had been announced as Thanhouser's first release through the Motion Picture Distributing and Sales Company, then delayed after a dispute with Carl Laemmle.
Themes
Reviews
The Moving Picture World of June 4, 1910 said Anna Rosemond and Frank Crane were at their best, and that the ice and snow made the June release a cooling picture.
Preservation
An incomplete print is at the Library of Congress, identified in 1978 among the Dawson Film Find.
Notes
- Anna Rosemond plays Lucy Dane. Frank H. Crane plays Will Harding.
- The Moving Picture World of June 4, 1910 printed the company's synopsis and reviewed the film the same day.
- An incomplete print reached the Library of Congress from the Dawson Film Find of 1978, dug out of Dawson City, Yukon.
Scenes
- José shoots Will's assistant and names Will as the killer.
- José, hurt at the foot of the cliff, confesses to Lucy in time to stop the hanging.
