“A Gripping Drama of Life in the Maine Woods”
"King Spruce" is personified in John Barrett, lumber magnate of the North woods. His domineering character is shown when his daughter Elva falls in love with a school teacher, Dwight Wade. Barrett conspires with his foreman, McLeod, to entice Wade away to the lumber camps, and finally decides to accompany the gang of men himself. He starts in to eject and burn out all "skeeters" who have settled on the land without domiciliary rights. Wade has shown his fighting blood by thrashing McLeod for an act of cruelty, and he now vainly opposes Barrett from motives of humanity. From the first shack burned emerges a wild girl, Kate Arden, who sets the forest afire in revenge.
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Cast
9 people
Mitchell Lewis
Dwight Wade
Known for
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Melbourne MacDowell
John Barrett
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Mignon Anderson
Elva Barrett / Kate Arden
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Arthur Millett
Colin McLeod
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James O'Neill
Roburne Ide
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Betty Wales
Nina Ide
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Joe Ray
Tommy Eye
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Gus Saville
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Fred Herzog
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Roy Clements Director · Holman Francis Day Writer
United States release April 18, 1920 · Produced in United States · Working title A Daughter of the Snows
Production
Dial Film Company
Production
United States
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A Daughter of the Snows
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Languages
Original language
English
Spoken on screen
No dialogue
Release dates
United States · April 18, 1920
Theatrical
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