Tentacles of the North explained

In the Tentacles of the North
Producer:	Ben F. Wilson
Editing:	Earl Turner
Cinematography:	Joseph Walker
Studio:	Ben Wilson Productions
Distributor:	Rayart Pictures
Runtime:	54 minutes
Country:	United States

In the Tentacles of the North is a 1926 American silent adventure film directed by Louis Chaudet and starring Gaston Glass, Alice Calhoun and Joseph W. Girard.^[1] Two ships, on a journey led by Captin Van Horn, become trapped in ice in the Arctic Ocean. The crews have to abandon their cargo from whaling, and go out searching for a group of migrating eskimos. This is their only chance at survival. It was based on a story by James Oliver Curwood.

Cast

Gaston Glass as Francis Wainfield
Alice Calhoun as Rac Brown
Joseph W. Girard as Dan Blake
Alan Roscoe as Capt. Van Horn
Al Ferguson as Cole
T. Hohai as Eskimo Chief
Frank Baker as First Mate

Bibliography

Munden, Kenneth White. The American Film Institute Catalog of Motion Pictures Produced in the United States, Part 1. University of California Press, 1997.

cinema, PELICULAS MUDAS / Silent. “In the Tentacles of the North (1926, EE. UU.), Louis Chaudet.” YouTube, YouTube, November 29, 2017, www.youtube.com/watch?v=oN91gCwdZIU.

“Tentacles of the North.” IMDb, IMDb.com, www.imdb.com/title/tt0017451/?ref_=nm_knf_t3.

Notes and References

Munden p.791