The Spoilers is a 1914 American silent Western film directed by Colin Campbell. The film is set in Nome, Alaska during the 1898 Gold Rush, with William Farnum as Roy Glennister, Kathlyn Williams as Cherry Malotte, and Tom Santschi as Alex McNamara. The film culminates in a spectacular saloon fistfight between Glennister and McNamara. In 1916, an expanded version was released, running 110 minutes.
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.jpg) Theatrical poster for The Spoilers | |
| Directed by | Colin Campbell Alfred E. Green (asst. dir.) |
| Written by | Lanier Bartlett |
| Based on | The Spoilers 1906 novel/play by Rex Beach |
| Produced by | William Nicholas Selig |
| Starring | William Farnum Kathlyn Williams Tom Santschi |
| Cinematography | Harry Gerstad Alvin Wyckoff |
Production company | |
| Distributed by | General Film Company |
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Running time | 9 reels (1914 release) 110 minutes (1916 re-release) |
| Country | United States |
| Languages | Silent English intertitles |
| Box office | $1 million[1] |
The film was adapted to screen by Lanier Bartlett from the Rex Beach novel of the same name. The film was remade in 1923 (with Noah Beery as McNamara), 1930 (with Gary Cooper as Glennister and Betty Compson as Malotte), 1942 (with John Wayne as Glennister, Randolph Scott as McNamara, and Marlene Dietrich as Malotte), and 1955 (with Jeff Chandler as Glennister, Rory Calhoun as McNamara, and Anne Baxter as Malotte).[2] All of the films feature a lengthy, intense fight sequence.
Plot summary
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Cast
edit- William Farnum as Roy Glenister
- Kathlyn Williams as Cherry Malotte
- Thomas Santschi as Alex McNamara
- Bessie Eyton as Helen Chester
- Frank Clark as Dextry (billed; Frank M. Clark)
- Jack McDonald as Slap Jack (billed; Jack F. McDonald)
- Wheeler Oakman as Drury, The Broncho Kid
- Norval MacGregor as Judge Stillman
- William Ryno as Struve
- Marshall Farnum as Lawyer Wheatin
- Jules White
- Cleo Ridgely
Preservation status
editThe film exists in the Raymond Rohauer (Cohen Media Group) collection in an incomplete print.[3]
References
editExternal links
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- The Spoilers at IMDb
- The Spoilers at the TCM Movie Database
- The Spoilers at AllMovie
- The Spoilers at the AFI Catalog of Feature Films
- The Spoilers (1914) at SilentEra
- The Spoilers (1914) at YouTube
- lobby poster
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