Tentacles of the North

In the Tentacles of the North
Directed by	Louis Chaudet
Written by	Leslie Curtis James Oliver Curwood (story)
Produced by	Ben F. Wilson
Starring	Gaston Glass Alice Calhoun Joseph W. Girard
Cinematography	Joseph Walker
Edited by	Earl Turner
Production company	Ben Wilson Productions
Distributed by	Rayart Pictures
Release date	November 1926 (1926-11)
Running time	54 minutes
Country	United States
Languages	Silent English intertitles

In the Tentacles of the North is a 1926 American silent adventure film directed by Louis Chaudet and starring Gaston Glass, Alice Calhoun and Joseph W. Girard.[1] Two ships, on a journey led by Captin Van Horn, become trapped in ice in the Arctic Ocean. The crews have to abandon their cargo from whaling, and go out searching for a group of migrating eskimos. This is their only chance at survival. It was based on a story by James Oliver Curwood.

Cast

• Gaston Glass as Francis Wainfield
• Alice Calhoun as Rac Brown
• Joseph W. Girard as Dan Blake
• Alan Roscoe as Capt. Van Horn
• Al Ferguson as Cole
• T. Hohai as Eskimo Chief
• Frank Baker as First Mate

References

1. Munden p.791

Bibliography

• Munden, Kenneth White. The American Film Institute Catalog of Motion Pictures Produced in the United States, Part 1. University of California Press, 1997.

cinema, PELICULAS MUDAS / Silent. “In the Tentacles of the North (1926, EE. UU.), Louis Chaudet.” YouTube, YouTube, November 29, 2017, www.youtube.com/watch?v=oN91gCwdZIU.

“Tentacles of the North.” IMDb, IMDb.com, www.imdb.com/title/tt0017451/?ref_=nm_knf_t3.

External links

• Tentacles of the North at IMDb