The Great White Trail
About The Great White Trail
George Carrington decides his wife Prudence has been unfaithful and that he is not the father of their newborn son. He throws mother and child out. Prudence, out of her mind, abandons the baby. When she recovers she goes to Alaska. George learns the truth and follows her.
Cast & crew
More about The Great White Trail
Leopold Wharton directed and wrote the story, with Gardner Hunting also credited as a writer on Wikipedia. Theodore Wharton produced with him. An Arctic-village set with dog sleds was built at Port Henry. Leopold left Ithaca for Saranac Lake on March 3, 1917, with several people and three cameramen. Sold on a states-rights basis. Also released as Tragedy of the Snows. The Wharton Releasing Corporation was formed in July 1917 to book the film in New York territory.
Themes
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Ray June and Levi Bacon photographed the snow scenes, including the Arctic-village set at Port Henry.
Preservation
The film survives. Wikipedia lists it among surviving silent dramas.
Notes
- Doris Kenyon plays Prudence Carrington. Paul Gordon plays George Carrington. Thomas Holding plays the Reverend Arthur Dean.
- F. W. Stewart, credited as Richard Stewart, plays a character called The Vulture.
- Wikipedia lists the length as eight reels. Wikidata and IMDb list 80 minutes.
- Morgan Lithograph Company used a new sepia photo-lithograph process on the posters, reported in Moving Picture World on June 16, 1917.
- The film survives. Wikipedia calls it a surviving picture.
Scenes
- George puts Prudence and the baby out of the house.
- She leaves for Alaska, and he follows once he learns he was wrong.
