The Trail of '98 is a 1928 American silent 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.
The Trail of '98 | |
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Directed by | Clarence Brown |
Written by | Joseph Farnham Benjamin Glazer Robert W. Service Waldemar Young |
Produced by | Clarence Brown |
Starring | Dolores del Río Ralph Forbes Karl Dane Harry Carey |
Cinematography | John F. Seitz |
Edited by | George Hively |
Distributed by | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer |
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Running time | 87 minutes |
Country | United States |
Languages | Silent English intertitles |
Budget | $1.5m[1] |
Box office | $1.6m[1] |
While shooting the rapids sequence, four stuntmen drowned in the Copper River (Alaska), including Ray “Red” Thompson who trained horses for cliff dives.[3]
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]