Trail of the Axe

Trail of the Axe
Trail of the Axe
Directed by	Ernest C. Warde
Written by	Ridgwell Cullum
Produced by	Dustin Farnum
Starring	Dustin Farnum ; Winifred Kingston ; Joseph J. Dowling
Cinematography	Robert Newhard
Production; company	Dustin Farnum Productions
Distributed by	American Releasing Corporation
Release date	August 21, 1922;
Running time	54 minutes
Country	United States
Languages	Silent ; English intertitles

Last updated October 08, 2025

Trail of the Axe is a 1922 American silent drama film directed by Ernest C. Warde and starring Dustin Farnum, Winifred Kingston and Joseph J. Dowling.^[1]^[2]

Plot

Cast

Dustin Farnum as Dave Malkern
Winifred Kingston as Betty Somers
George Fisher as Jim Malkern
Joseph J. Dowling as Dr. Somers

Preservation

In February 2021, Trail of the Axe was cited by the National Film Preservation Board on their Lost U.S. Silent Feature Films list and is therefore presumed lost.^[3]

References

↑ Munden p.826
↑ "The Trail of the Axe". afi.com. Retrieved February 12, 2025.
↑ "7,200 Lost U.S. Silent Feature Films (1912-29)" (PDF). National Film Preservation Board. Retrieved February 12, 2025.

Bibliography

Connelly, Robert B. The Silents: Silent Feature Films, 1910-36, Volume 40, Issue 2. December Press, 1998.
Munden, Kenneth White. The American Film Institute Catalog of Motion Pictures Produced in the United States, Part 1. University of California Press, 1997.

External links

Trail of the Axe at IMDb

This article related to an American film of the 1920s is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.

This page is based on this Wikipedia article
Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license; additional terms may apply.
Images, videos and audio are available under their respective licenses.

[1] Munden p.826

[afi-2] "The Trail of the Axe". afi.com. Retrieved February 12, 2025.

[Lost_U.S._Silent_Feature_Films-3] "7,200 Lost U.S. Silent Feature Films (1912-29)" (PDF). National Film Preservation Board. Retrieved February 12, 2025.

[1]

[2]

[3]