| ~The Barrier~ 1926 |
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| ~251-106: Lionel Barrymore & Marceline Day~ |
| ~251-48: Lionel Barrymore~ |
| ~251-60: Scene~ |
| ~251-99: Lionel Barrymore & Henry B. Walthall~ |
| ~Plot Synopsis~ |
During a storm off the coast of Alaska, Bennett, a brutal sea captain, forces his wife to assist his men,
and she is fatally hurt in an accident. Seaman Gaylord thereupon agrees to take her child from the
influence of its father. Seventeen years later, Gale ( i.e., Gaylord) is a storekeeper at Flambeau,
Alaska. He has reared the child, Necia, as his daughter in ignorance of her half-caste parentage.
Although she is loved by Poleon Doret, a half-breed, she falls under the influence of Lieut. Meade
Burrell, a Virginia aristocrat stationed in the North. When Bennett's ship comes into the port, he
reveals the truth about the girl's parentage, and Burrell is stunned. Necia resolves to leave with her
brutish father without seeing Meade again. When their ship is ice-jammed, the crew deserts, but
Burrell arrives over the ice, leaves the captain unconscious, and rescues Necia; Bennett is destroyed
in an ice floe, and the lovers are happily united.
Plot Synopsis from afi.com
and she is fatally hurt in an accident. Seaman Gaylord thereupon agrees to take her child from the
influence of its father. Seventeen years later, Gale ( i.e., Gaylord) is a storekeeper at Flambeau,
Alaska. He has reared the child, Necia, as his daughter in ignorance of her half-caste parentage.
Although she is loved by Poleon Doret, a half-breed, she falls under the influence of Lieut. Meade
Burrell, a Virginia aristocrat stationed in the North. When Bennett's ship comes into the port, he
reveals the truth about the girl's parentage, and Burrell is stunned. Necia resolves to leave with her
brutish father without seeing Meade again. When their ship is ice-jammed, the crew deserts, but
Burrell arrives over the ice, leaves the captain unconscious, and rescues Necia; Bennett is destroyed
in an ice floe, and the lovers are happily united.
Plot Synopsis from afi.com
| Directed by: George W. Hill Written by: Harvey Gates Based on the novel The Barrier by Rex Beach (New York, 1908). |
| ~Cast~ Norman Kerry ...Meade Burrell Henry B. Walthall ...Gale Gaylord Lionel Barrymore ...Stark Bennett Marceline Day ...Necia George Cooper ...Sergeant Murphy Bert Woodruff ...No Creek Lee Neola May ...Alluna Mario Carillo ...Poleon Pat Harmon ...First Mate Shannon Day ...Necia's Indian Mother |
| ~Remaining Credits~ Produced & Released by: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) Cinematography by: Max Fabian & Ira H. Morgan Length: 7 Reels Runtime: 70 Minutes Released: March 21, 1926 |
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