The Alaskan Explained

The Alaskan
Director:	Herbert Brenon
Producer:	Adolph Zukor Jesse Lasky
Starring:	Thomas Meighan Estelle Taylor Anna May Wong
Cinematography:	James Wong Howe
Studio:	Famous Players–Lasky
Distributor:	Paramount Pictures
Runtime:	7 reels; 6,736 feet
Country:	United States
Language:	Silent (English intertitles)

The Alaskan is a 1924 American silent adventure drama film based on a novel by James Oliver Curwood set in northwoods country, as his novels tend to be, in this case Alaska. The film was produced and released by Paramount Pictures and directed by Herbert Brenon. The picture stars Thomas Meighan, Estelle Taylor and an early role by Anna May Wong.^{[1] [2] [3]}

Cast

• Thomas Meighan as Alan Holt
• Estelle Taylor as Mary Standish
• John Sainpolis as Rossland
• Frank Campeau as Stampede Smith
• Anna May Wong as Keok
• Alphonse Ethier as John Graham
• Maurice de Canonge as Tautuk (as Maurice Cannon)
• Charles Ogle as Lawyer

Preservation

With no prints of The Alaskan located in any film archives,^[4] it is a lost film.

See also

• List of lost films

Notes and References

1. http://www.silentera.com/PSFL/data/A/Alaskan1924.html The Alaskan at silentera.com
2. The American Film Institute Catalog Feature Films: 1921-30 by The American Film Institute, c.1971
3. http://www.afi.com/members/catalog/DetailView.aspx?s=&Movie=2537 The AFI Catalog of Feature Films: The Alaskan
4. http://lcweb2.loc.gov/diglib/ihas/loc.mbrs.sfdb.3352/default.html The Library of Congress American Silent Feature Film Survival Catalog: The Alaskan