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'''''The Trail of '98''''' is a 1928 American silent [[drama film]] featuring [[Harry Carey (actor born 1878)|Harry Carey]] and [[Dolores del Río]] about the [[Klondike Gold Rush]]. The film was originally released by MGM in a short-lived [[widescreen]] process called “Fantom Screen“.<ref name="silentera">{{cite web |url=http://www.silentera.com/PSFL/data/T/TrailOfNinetyEight1928.html |title=Progressive Silent Film List: The Trail of '98 |access-date=March 29, 2008|work=Silent Era}}</ref> The film is based on the 1910 novel by that title, written by [[Robert W. Service]].
'''''The Trail of '98''''' is a 1928 American silent [[Action film|action-adventure]]/[[drama film]] featuring [[Harry Carey (actor born 1878)|Harry Carey]] and [[Dolores del Río]] about the [[Klondike Gold Rush]]. The film was originally released by MGM in a short-lived [[widescreen]] process called “Fantom Screen“.<ref name="silentera">{{cite web |url=http://www.silentera.com/PSFL/data/T/TrailOfNinetyEight1928.html |title=Progressive Silent Film List: The Trail of '98 |access-date=March 29, 2008|work=Silent Era}}</ref> The film is based on the 1910 novel by that title, written by [[Robert W. Service]].


==Cast==
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* [[Lou Costello]] performed uncredited stunts for Carey and possibly even del Rio.
* [[Lou Costello]] performed uncredited stunts for Carey and possibly even del Rio.


==Production==
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While shooting the rapids sequence, four stuntmen drowned in the [[Copper River (Alaska)]], including Ray “Red” Thompson who trained horses for cliff dives.<ref>'' Hollywood'', TV documentary mini-series, episode 5 “Hazard of the Game“, Thames 1980; Arthur Wise & Derek Ware, Stunting in the Cinema, Constable, London, 1973, pp. 45 & 53.</ref>
The film was shot on location in [[Denver]] and [[Continental Divide of the Americas|The Great Divide]], [[Colorado]], [[Truckee, California]], [[Dawson City]], [[Yukon]], [[Canada]] and in various locations in [[Alaska]] including [[Skagway]] and [[Copper River (Alaska)|Copper
River]].

While shooting the rapids sequence, four stuntmen drowned in the Copper
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River, including Ray “Red” Thompson who trained horses for cliff dives.<ref>'' Hollywood'', TV documentary mini-series, episode 5 “Hazard of the Game“, Thames 1980; Arthur Wise & Derek Ware, Stunting in the Cinema, Constable, London, 1973, pp. 45 & 53.</ref>


==DVD release==
==DVD release==
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Revision as of 08:58, 7 November 2022

The Trail of '98
Theatrical poster
Directed byClarence Brown
Written byJoseph Farnham
Benjamin Glazer
Robert W. Service
Waldemar Young
Produced byClarence Brown
StarringDolores del Río
Ralph Forbes
Karl Dane
Harry Carey
CinematographyJohn F. Seitz
Edited byGeorge Hively
Distributed byMetro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Release date
  • March 20, 1928 (1928-03-20)
Running time
87 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguagesSilent
English intertitles
Budget$1.5m[1]
Box office$1.6m[1]

The Trail of '98 is a 1928 American silent action-adventure/drama film featuring Harry Carey and Dolores del Río about the Klondike Gold Rush. 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 by that title, written by Robert W. Service.

Cast

Production

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 Ray “Red” Thompson who trained horses for cliff dives.[3]

DVD release

A complete print of the film exists[4] with a synchronized musical score and sound effects, and it became available on DVD as part of Warner Bros.'s Manufacture-on-Demand DVD titles in March 2009.[5]

See also

References

  1. ^ a b The Eddie Mannix Ledger, Los Angeles, California: Margaret Herrick Library, Center for Motion Picture Study.
  2. ^ "Progressive Silent Film List: The Trail of '98". Silent Era. Retrieved March 29, 2008.
  3. ^ Hollywood, TV documentary mini-series, episode 5 “Hazard of the Game“, Thames 1980; Arthur Wise & Derek Ware, Stunting in the Cinema, Constable, London, 1973, pp. 45 & 53.
  4. ^ "The Trail of '98". American Silent Feature Film Survival Database. Retrieved January 10, 2014.
  5. ^ "WBshop.com - The Official Online Store of Warner Bros. Studios".
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