The Silver Horde (1930 film)
The Silver Horde | |
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RKO Radio Pictures Inc. | |
Release dates | |
Running time | 75 minutes |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
Budget | $423,000[4] |
Box office | $562,000[4] |
The Silver Horde is a 1930 American
Directed by
Plot
In the Alaskan wilderness, Boyd Emerson and Fraser, arrive by
Boyd is ready to give up his fruitless search for gold. Cherry reinvigorates him and persuades him to join her side. She sends him, Fraser and Balt to Seattle to get a loan of $200,000 from Cherry's banker friend, Tom Hilliard, to rebuild a
Notified, Cherry sails for Seattle and dines with Hilliard. It soon becomes plain to the banker that Cherry has fallen in love with Boyd. He explains that the young man already has a girlfriend, and points out the couple dancing elsewhere in the establishment. Cherry then secures the loan by taking up Hilliard's offer to go to his apartment. Boyd assumes, however, that it was due to Mildred's influence with her father.
Returning to Alaska with new machinery and Balt's crew, Boyd gets the cannery running in weeks, just in time for the annual salmon run. When Marsh sends his men to wreck their equipment, a brawl breaks out on the water, during which the Waylands arrive on their yacht.
Marsh tells Mildred about Cherry, that she is a notorious prostitute known from Sitka to San Francisco. He lies, telling Mildred that Cherry got the loan by spending the night with Hilliard at Boyd's insistence, and that she is more than Boyd's business partner. Mildred ends her engagement, despite Boyd's protests of innocence. Boyd, meanwhile, breaks up with Cherry when she cannot deny how she got the money.
Concerned only about Boyd's happiness, Cherry contacts an old friend in her former trade, Queenie. The two board the Wayland yacht, where Cherry proves that Queenie is Marsh's wife. Cherry then convinces Mildred that, while she loves Boyd, nothing happened between them. When Boyd shows up, Mildred is eager to take him back, but by this time, he realizes who he truly loves. He finds Cherry and tells her he cares only about their future together, not her past.
Cast
- Evelyn Brent as Cherry Malotte
- Louis Wolheim as George Balt
- Jean Arthur as Mildred Wayland
- Raymond Hatton as Fraser
- Blanche Sweet as Queenie (Sweet's final screen performance)
- Gavin Gordon as Fred Marsh
- Purnell Pratt as Wayne Wayland
- William Davidsonas Tom Hilliard
- Ivan Linow as Svenson
- and Joel McCrea as Boyd Emerson
- Uncredited (in order of appearance)
- James Dime as Fight participant
- Dick Curtis as Fight observer
- Dennis O'Keefe as Guest at night club
- Robert Homans as Valet
Character names are not indicated in on-screen credits.
Production
The film was shot on location in Ketchikan, Alaska.[2]
Reception
The film recorded a loss of $100,000.[4]
Copyright status
In 1958, the film entered the public domain in the United States because the claimants did not renew its copyright registration in the 28th year after publication.[6]
References
- ^ "The Silver Horde: Technical Details". theiapolis.com. Retrieved August 5, 2014.
- ^ a b c "The Silver Horde, Articles". Turner Classic Movies. Archived from the original on August 5, 2014. Retrieved August 5, 2014.
- ^ a b c "The Silver Horde: Detail View". American Film Institute. Archived from the original on April 16, 2014. Retrieved February 7, 2017.
- ^ a b c Richard Jewel, 'RKO Film Grosses: 1931-1951', Historical Journal of Film, Radio and Television, Vol 14 No 1, 1994 p57
- ^ Hans J. Wollstein (2012). "The Silver Horde". Movies & TV Dept. The New York Times. Archived from the original on May 24, 2012. Retrieved September 25, 2011.
- S2CID 191633078. See Note #60, pg. 143
External links
- The Silver Horde on YouTube
- The Silver Horde at IMDb
- The Silver Horde at the TCM Movie Database
- The Silver Horde at AllMovie
- The Silver Horde at the American Film Institute Catalog
- The Silver Horde available for free download @ free-classic-movies.com
- Silver Horde available for free download at Internet Archive