The Grub Stake
Synopsis
A young woman is lured to the Yukon by a gambler with promises of marriage and a grubstake for a gold mine. She takes her ailing father with her, only to discover when she gets there that the gambler was lying to her and actually planned to sell her to a dance hall. She gathers her father and an old miner she has met, takes a dogsled and supplies from the gambler and the three of them head for the wilderness to look for a lost gold claim the old miner has been looking for.
The Grub Stake (1923) is a 1h 39min drama feature film by Bert Van Tuyle. A young woman is lured to the Yukon by a gambler with promises of marriage and a grubstake for a gold mine.
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Titles
| Original title | The Grub Stake | |
| Alternate title | The Golden Yukon |
Releases & classifications
| Theatrical | United States | February 18, 1923 |
Full credits
| Director | Bert Van Tuyle, Nell Shipman |
| Cast | Nell Shipman, Hugh Thompson (Jeb), Alfred Allen (Mark Leroy), Lillian Leighton, George Berrell (Malamute Mike), Walt Whitman (The Skipper), Cecil Van Auker (The Mounty), Ah Wing (Wong) |
| Screenplay | Nell Shipman |
| Producer | Ernest Shipman, Nell Shipman |
Additional data: TMDB.
Source: Cinémathèque québécoise, linked catalogue data (CC BY 4.0)
