Fonds/collection:
DAWSON CITY MUSEUM & HISTORICAL SOCIETY
General access conditions for collection
Reproduction access:
- No Restrictions / Pas de restrictions
Remarks:
- 1. Material was received from Dawson City in 2 shipments - 506 reels in 1978 and 26 reels in 1980. Of these 389 reels, primarily of American fiction, were transferred to Library of Congress for conversion. Reference copies of some of these reels were returned to NFTSA.
Accession number:
1979-0191
Title:
The Salamander : [incomplete]
Original title:
The Salamander
Production company:
- B.S. Moss Motion Picture Corporation
Country of production:
us
Name of distributor:
B.S. Moss Motion Picture Corporation (State Rights)
Production Credit:
- director, Arthur Donaldson
Cast credit:
Ruth Findlay, Iva Shepard, John Sainpolis, J. Frank Glendon, Edgar L. Davenport, J. Albert Hall, Herbert (H.H.) Pattee, Dan Baker, Mabel Trinnear, Beatrice James, Rita Allen, Violet Davis
Description:
- When Dore Baxter (Ruth Findlay), a country girl, asks her grandmother about the death of her parents, she is told about the evil Albert Sassoon. According to the old woman, Sassoon duped Dore's parents out of their money, caused their deaths and forced her to take Dore to live on Lost Mountain. After the grandmother relates the story, she gets up to look for the deed to the valuable mountain property, but discovers it missing and drops dead from shock. The orphan Dore leaves for the city to track down Sassoon and on the way becomes involved with a travelling performing group, falling in love with Garry Lindaberry, who is both the troupe's "angel" and a handsome millionaire. By coincidence, Sassoon invites the group to a party, and with the help of Garry and Beatrice, Sassoon's mistreated wife, Dore takes advantage of the invitation and schemes to snare Sassoon and retrieve the deed. Unhindered by the pitfalls of the city, the clever Dore then marries Garry.
Language:
- Silent with English intertitles
Copyright Status:
Copyright expired.
Restrictions on Consultation:
~No Restrictions / Pas de restrictions
Donor Restrictions:
Use requires credit be given to the Dawson City Museum and Historical Society Collection, National Archives of Canada.
Notes:
- 1. Part 1 of 5 only.
- 2. Based on the novel "The Salamander" by Owen Johnson.
- 3. Source of subject description: AFI Catalog of Feature Films 1911-1920, page 798.
- 4. Arthur Donaldson, the creator of this film, died in 1955 - copyright expired.
