The Danger Trail

The Danger Trail
The Danger Trail
Directed by	Frederick A. Thomson
Written by	James Oliver Curwood (novel)
Produced by	William N. Selig
Starring	H.B. Warner ; Violet Heming ; Lawson Butt
Production; company	Selig Polyscope Company
Distributed by	K-E-S-E Service
Release date	April 30, 1917;
Running time	50 minutes
Country	United States
Languages	Silent ; English intertitles

Last updated September 17, 2025

The Danger Trail is a lost ^[1] 1917 American silent adventure film directed by Frederick A. Thomson and starring H.B. Warner, Violet Heming and Lawson Butt.^[2] It is based on the 1910 novel of the same title by James Oliver Curwood. It is a Northern (genre), set during the construction of the Hudson Bay Railway in Canada.

Cast

H.B. Warner as John Howland
Violet Heming as Meleese Thoreau
Lawson Butt as Jean Croisset
Arthur Donaldson as Pierre Thoreau
Richard Thornton as Maax Thoreau
Harold Howard as MacDonald
William F. Cooper as Jackpine
S.M. Unander as Thorne
Arthur Cozine as François Thoreau

Production

It was shot in Upstate New York (Port Henry, Lake Placid, Saranac Lake) and Chicago.^[3]

Preservation

With no holdings located in archives, The Danger Trail is considered a lost film.^[1]

References

1 2 "The Library of Congress American Silent Feature Film Survival Catalog: The Danger Trail". memory.loc.gov. Archived from the original on March 21, 2023. Retrieved August 7, 2025.
↑ Langman, Larry (1992). A Guide to Silent Westerns. Greenwood Press. p. 103. ISBN 0-313-27858-X.
↑ "Selig Company Here". The Lake Placid News. March 16, 1917. p. 1.

External links

The Danger Trail at IMDb

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[:0-1] 1 2 "The Library of Congress American Silent Feature Film Survival Catalog: The Danger Trail". memory.loc.gov. Archived from the original on March 21, 2023. Retrieved August 7, 2025.

[Langman-2] Langman, Larry (1992). A Guide to Silent Westerns. Greenwood Press. p. 103. ISBN 0-313-27858-X.

[3] "Selig Company Here". The Lake Placid News. March 16, 1917. p. 1.

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