| The Trail of '98 | |
| Director: | Clarence Brown |
| Producer: | Clarence Brown |
| Starring: | Dolores del Río Ralph Forbes Karl Dane Harry Carey |
| Cinematography: | John F. Seitz |
| Editing: | George Hively |
| Music: | William Axt (uncredited) David Mendoza (uncredited) |
| Distributor: | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer |
| Runtime: | 87 minutes |
| Country: | United States |
| Language: | Sound (Synchronized) English Intertitles |
| Budget: | $1.5m[1] |
| Gross: | $1.6m |
The Trail of '98 is a 1928 American synchronized sound action-adventure/drama film featuring Harry Carey and Dolores del Río about the Klondike Gold Rush. While the film has no audible dialog, it was released with a synchronized musical score, with sound effects using both the sound-on-disc and sound-on-film process. The film was originally released by MGM in a short-lived widescreen process called "Fantom Screen".[2] The film is based on the 1910 novel of the same name, written by Robert W. Service.
The film features a theme song titled "I Found Gold When I Found You", by William Axt (music), and Hazel Mooney and Ev. E. Lyne (words).
The film was shot on location in Denver and The Great Divide, Colorado, Truckee, California, Dawson City, Yukon, Canada, and in various locations in Alaska, including Skagway and Copper River.
While shooting the rapids sequence, four stuntmen drowned in the Copper River, including Jerome Bauten, Howard Daughters,[3] and Ray “Red” Thompson, who trained horses for cliff dives.[4]
A complete print of the film exists[5] with a synchronized musical score and sound effects, and it became available on DVD as part of Warner Bros.'s manufacture-on-demand titles in March 2009.[6]