The Lodge in the Wilderness

The Lodge in the Wilderness
The Lodge in the Wilderness
	Film poster
Directed by	Henry McCarty
Written by	Wyndham Gittens
Based on	"The Lodge in the Wilderness"; by Gilbert Parker
Starring	Anita Stewart; Edmund Burns; Larry Steers
Cinematography	Jack MacKenzie
Production; company	Tiffany Pictures
Distributed by	Tiffany Pictures
Release date	July 11, 1926;
Running time	60 minutes
Country	United States
Language	Silent (English intertitles)

The Lodge in the Wilderness is a 1926 American silent action film directed by Henry McCarty and starring Anita Stewart, Edmund Burns, and Larry Steers.^[1]^[2] It is a Northern film based on a 1909 short story of the same title by Canadian writer Gilbert Parker.

Plot

As described in a film magazine review,^[3] John Hammond, the manager of a lumber camp, desires Virginia Coulson, daughter of the owner of the estate, but she is fond of the engineer Jim Wallace. When one of the men is murdered, Jim is held and sent to prison. Later, Hammond secures evidence that proves Goofus, a local halfwit, as the guilty party, but rather than clear his rival, he promises to disclose the evidence only on condition that the young woman will first marry him. When he hears of this scheme, Jim breaks out of jail and arrives in time to stop the marriage. When Goofus learns that Hammond is about to expose him, he shoots Hammond. At the end, Jim and Virginia are free to wed.

Cast

Anita Stewart as Virginia Coulson
Edmund Burns as Jim Wallace
Larry Steers as John Hammond
Jim Farley as Bill Duncan
Victor Potel as Goofus
Eddie Lyons as Buddy O'Brien
Duane Thompson as Dot Marshall

Preservation

A print of The Lodge in the Wilderness is in the collection of EYE Film Institute Netherlands.^[4]

References

^ Munden, p. 445.
^ Connelly, p. 153.
^ "The Lodge in the Wilderness". The Film Daily. 37 (73). New York City: Wid's Films and Film Folks, Inc.: 10 September 26, 1926. Retrieved November 28, 2023. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
^ Library of Congress / FIAF American Silent Feature Film Survival Database: The Lodge in the Wilderness

Bibliography

Connelly, Robert B. The Silents: Silent Feature Films, 1910-36, Volume 40, Issue 2. December Press, 1998.
Munden, Kenneth White. The American Film Institute Catalog of Motion Pictures Produced in the United States, Part 1. University of California Press, 1997.