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The Call of the North
(1921) United States of America
B&W : Five reels
Directed by Joseph Henebery

Cast: Jack Holt [Ned Trent], Madge Bellamy [Virginia Albret], Noah Beery [Galen Albret], Francis McDonald [Achille Picard], Edward Martindel [Graham Stewart], Helen Ferguson [Elodie Albret], Jack Herbert [Louis Placide]

Famous Players-Lasky Corporation production; distributed by Paramount Pictures Corporation [It’s a Paramount Picture]. / Scenario by John Cunningham, from the play adaptation The Call of the North by George H. Broadhurst of the novel The Conjuror’s House; a Romance of the Free Forest by Stewart Edward White. Cinematography by Faxon M. Dean. Presented by Jesse L. Lasky. / Released 27 November 1921. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format. / Holt’s first feature as star. The nvoel was previously filmed as The Call of the North (1914).

Drama: Northwoods.

Survival status: (unknown)

Current rights holder: Public domain [USA].

Listing updated: 11 November 2022.

References: AFI-F1 n. F1.0573; AFI-F2 n. F2.0743; Drew-Speaking pp. 16-17, 27, 273; Lahue-Gentlemen p. 129; Sweeney-Coming p. 30 ; Website-IMDb.