Item:

Title:
BACK TO GOD'S COUNTRY
Title year:
1919
Also known as:
  • L'INSTINCT QUI VEILLE (France)
Unused titles(s):
  • The Pulse Of The Earth (working title)
  • Our Lady Of The Big Snows (working title)
Original dialogue(s):
  • (Silent)
Running time:
72 m 29 s
Description:
The film tells the tale of a ferocious great Dane named Wapi who gets a chance to repay the only kindness he has ever known. In the Canadian 'northwoods' Dolores LeBeau (Nell Shipman) meets and later marries Peter (Wheeler Oakman), a government inspector and writer. Peter and Dolores board a trading ship and travel to the Arctic. The captain turns out to be Rydal (Wellington Playter), the man who killed her father. Rydal arranges for Peter to be seriously injured. At a remote Arctic trading post Dolores obtains help and in the process befriends Wapi. With dogs and a sledge, Dolores and Peter leave for the Royal Northwest Mounted Police post at Fort Confidence some 200 miles distant but Rydal follows them. Wapi, who has followed her, goes back to stop Rydal by savaging his dog team. Peter and Dolores are able to reach Fort Confidence and safety.
BACK TO GOD'S COUNTRY
BACK TO GOD'S COUNTRY
Source
Director(s):
Credited as:
David M. Hartford -
Bert Van Tuyle Not credited
Screen Writer(s):
Credited as:
Nell Shipman -
James Oliver Curwood -
Source:
Credited as: Source material:
James Oliver Curwood - Wapi, the Walrus
Actor(s):
Credited as: Character name:
Nell Shipman - Dolores LeBeau
Charles Arling - Sealskin Blake
Wheeler Oakman - Peter Burke
Wellington Playter Plater Rydal
Roy Laidlaw Not credited Baptiste LeBeau
Charles Murphy - Rydal's sidekick
William G. Colvin - first Mountie
Executive Producer(s):
Credited as:
Ernest Shipman -
Editor(s):
Credited as:
Cyril Gardner -
Musician(s):
  • Paul M. Sarazan
Photography:
  • Joseph B. Walker
  • Dal Clawson
Support:
35mm bw
Aspect ratio:
1.33:1/4:3 (Full Frame)
Release:
U.S. 1919/9/29
Toronto (Strand) 1919/10/27
Location(s):
  • Lesser Slave Lake
  • Calgary (Alta.)
  • Kern River
  • SanFrancisco (Calif.)
Laboratory:
  • Bloom Laboratories (LosAngeles)
Studio:
  • Brunton Studios (Hollywood)
Organization(s):
Distributor(s):
Canada Regal Films (for First National)
Quebec Regal Films (for First National)
US First National
CFFD Reference No.:
1
Mikan No:
2894160
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