The Danger Trail

The Danger Trail
Directed byFrederick A. Thomson
Written byJames Oliver Curwood (novel)
Produced byWilliam N. Selig
StarringH.B. Warner
Violet Heming
Lawson Butt
Production
company
Distributed byK-E-S-E Service
Release date
  • April 30, 1917 (1917-04-30)
Running time
50 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguagesSilent
English intertitles

The Danger Trail is a lost[1] 1917 American silent adventure film directed by Frederick A. Thomson and starring H.B. Warner, Violet Heming and Lawson Butt.[2] It is based on the 1910 novel of the same title by James Oliver Curwood. It is a Northern (genre), set during the construction of the Hudson Bay Railway in Canada.

Cast

  • H.B. Warner as John Howland
  • Violet Heming as Meleese Thoreau
  • Lawson Butt as Jean Croisset
  • Arthur Donaldson as Pierre Thoreau
  • Richard Thornton as Maax Thoreau
  • Harold Howard as MacDonald
  • William F. Cooper as Jackpine
  • S.M. Unander as Thorne
  • Arthur Cozine as François Thoreau

Preservation

With no holdings located in archives, The Danger Trail is considered a lost film.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b "The Library of Congress American Silent Feature Film Survival Catalog: The Danger Trail". memory.loc.gov. Archived from the original on March 21, 2023. Retrieved August 7, 2025.
  2. ^ Langman, Larry (1992). A Guide to Silent Westerns. Greenwood Press. p. 103. ISBN 0-313-27858-X.