The Grip of the Yukon

The Grip of the Yukon
The Grip of the Yukon
	Film still
Directed by	Ernst Laemmle
Written by	Charles Logue (adaptation & scenario); Tom Reed (titles); Buford Bennett (titles)
Based on	The Yukon Trail, A Tale of the North; by William MacLeod Raine
Starring	Francis X. Bushman ; Neil Hamilton
Cinematography	Jackson Rose
Edited by	Maurice Pivar ; Ted J. Kent
Production; company	Universal Pictures
Distributed by	Universal Pictures
Release date	July 9, 1928;
Running time	65 mins.
Country	United States
Language	Silent (English intertitles)

Last updated September 25, 2025

The Grip of the Yukon is a 1928 American silent Western film directed by Ernst Laemmle, the nephew of Universal Pictures founder Carl Laemmle. The film starred Francis X. Bushman and Neil Hamilton, and is based on a novel by William MacLeod Raine, "The Yukon Trail, A Tale of the North".^[1]

Plot

An old-time Alaskan miner dies and leaves his fortune and holdings to his daughter in the states. She comes north and is befriended by two old friends of her father. And she needs all the befriending they can provide as a true-blue villain has designs on her holdings and attributes.

Cast

Francis X. Bushman as Colby MacDonald
Neil Hamilton as Jack Elliott
June Marlowe as Sheila O'Neil
Otis Harlan as Farrell O'Neil
Burr McIntosh as Chardon, hotel-keeper
James Farley as Sheriff

Production

The film was shot during the summer of 1927 on Stage 28, where the interior was transformed into a glacier.^[2]

Preservation status

A copy of The Grip of the Yukon is held by Lobster Films, Paris.^[3]

References

↑ Progressive Silent Film List: The Grip of the Yukon at silentera.com
↑ Moving Picture Weekly Pub. Co.; Moving Picture Weekly Pub. Co. (1927). Universal Weekly (1927-1930). Media History Digital Library. New York, Moving Picture Weekly Pub. Co.
↑ "The Library of Congress American Silent Feature Film Survival Catalog: The Grip of the Yukon". memory.loc.gov. Archived from the original on January 9, 2018. Retrieved September 24, 2025.

External links

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[1] Progressive Silent Film List: The Grip of the Yukon at silentera.com

[2] Moving Picture Weekly Pub. Co.; Moving Picture Weekly Pub. Co. (1927). Universal Weekly (1927-1930). Media History Digital Library. New York, Moving Picture Weekly Pub. Co.

[3] "The Library of Congress American Silent Feature Film Survival Catalog: The Grip of the Yukon". memory.loc.gov. Archived from the original on January 9, 2018. Retrieved September 24, 2025.

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