Where the North Begins (Reel 1) (1923, silent)

Description: First reel of the Rin-Tin-Tin vehicle, in which a dog raised by wolves leaves his pack to protect a fur trapper. Coverage from Screen Opinions, Vol. 13, No. 2, September 1923 (p. 22): archive.org/details/screenopinions1900jame/page/n279/mode/2up
Accessed on 11/9/2023

Early drama. Part of a digest print of six-reel Hollywood production from early rental library.

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Subjects: 1920s,Animals,Settler colonialism,Hunting,Human-animal relationships,Indigenous people

Tags: cats; snow; fur trappers; fur traders; babies; log cabins; romance; mustaches; dog sledding; dogs; wolves; intertitles; cat playing with yarn; knitting; cabins; cabin interiors; furs; babies; orphans; "end of part 2" title at end

Film Sponsor:

Creator: Warner Brothers

Credits: Producer: Harry Rapf. Director: Chester M. Franklin. Story by Fred Myton and Millard Webb.
Cast: The Wolf Dog (Rin-Tin-Tin); Felice McTavish (Claire Adams); Gabriel Dupre (Walter McGrail); Shad Galloway (Pat Hartigan); Marie (Myrtle Owen); The Fox (Charles Stevens); Scotty McTavish (Fred Huntley).

Distributor: Warner Brothers

Contributor: Prelinger Archives

Source Collection: Mogull Bros.

Digitizing Sponsor: Filecoin Foundation for the Decentralized Web (FFDW) and Internet Archive

Production Date:

Release Date: 1923

Geographical Location:

Genre/Form: fiction, feature, silent

Language: eng

Rights: (c) Warner Brothers; 28Jul23: LP19256. Renewed R79656, 15Jun51. Film now in public domain.

Film Format: 16mm film

Element: positive, release print

Color: b&w

Color Process: tinted

Sound or Silent: silent

Film Soundtrack Type: mos

Edge Code:

Frame Rate: 16 fps

Length (feet): 361