Search a film or person :
FacebookConnectionRegistration
Home > All films > Films Drama > The Call of the North
The Call of the North is a american film of genre Drama directed by Oscar Apfel with Robert Edeson

The Call of the North (1914)

The Call of the North
If you like this film, let us know!
Length 1h20
Directed by ,    
OriginUSA
Genres Drama,    Adventure
Rating57% 2.885892.885892.885892.885892.88589

The Call of the North is a 1914 American silent adventure-drama film directed by Oscar Apfel and Cecil B. DeMille. It is based on a novel, The Conjuror's House; a Romance of the Free Forest by Stewart Edward White and its 1908 play adaptation The Call of the North by George Broadhurst. Robert Edeson starred in the play and reprises his role in this film. The film was remade by Paramount in 1921 with Jack Holt in the lead role.

Synopsis

Graehme, Ned Stewart's father was accused of adultery and killed being innocent. Ned decided to avenge his father, but got captured and sent to the long journey to death "la longue traverse". Fortunately Virginia saves his life and the story's villain confesses Ned's innocence.

Actors

Robert Edeson

(Ned & Graehme Stewart)Theodore Roberts

(Galen Albert)Horace B. Carpenter

(Rand)Winifred Kingston

(Virginia)Fred Montague

(Jack Wilson)
Trailer of The Call of the North

Bluray, DVD

Streaming / VOD

Source : Wikidata

Comments


Leave comment :

Suggestions of similar film to The Call of the North

There are 163 films with the same actors, 99 films with the same director, 67666 with the same cinematographic genres (including 3822 with exactly the same 2 genres than The Call of the North), 4292 films with the same themes, to have finally 70 suggestions of similar films.

If you liked The Call of the North, you will probably like those similar films :
Male and Female
Male and Female (1919)
, 1h56
Directed by Cecil B. DeMille
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Fantasy, Adventure, Romance
Themes Films based on plays
Actors Thomas Meighan, Gloria Swanson, Theodore Roberts, Raymond Hatton, Lila Lee, Bebe Daniels
Rating68% 3.4443253.4443253.4443253.4443253.444325
The film centers on the relationship between Lady Mary Loam (Swanson), a British aristocrat, and her butler, Crichton (Meighan). Crichton fancies a romance with Mary, but she disdains him because of his lower social class. When the two and some others are shipwrecked on a desert island, they are left to fend for themselves in a state of nature.
For Better, for Worse
For Better, for Worse (1919)
, 1h10
Directed by Cecil B. DeMille, Sam Wood
Origin USA
Genres Drama
Themes Films based on plays
Actors Elliott Dexter, Tom Forman, Gloria Swanson, Raymond Hatton, Sylvia Ashton, Theodore Roberts
Rating59% 2.9524552.9524552.9524552.9524552.952455
As described in a film magazine, Dr. Edward Meade (Dexter) and his close friend Richard Burton (Forman) are rivals for the hand of Sylvia Norcross (Swanson), but both men have volunteered to fight in the war. Although Sylvia favors Dr. Meade, she is proud of both of them. As Edward is putting on his uniform, the head of the children's hospital where he works comes to him and convinces him that his true duty lies there, where his surgeon's skill is most needed. Edward resigns his commission, and Sylvia, disgusted as what she perceives as cowardice, marries Richard the day he is leaving with his regiment for Europe. Richard conceals his hurt and devotes himself to the hospital. Betty Hoyt (Hawley), a friend of Sylvia, also hides her disappointment as she had feelings for Richard. Sylvia uses her time to aid poor families on New York's Lower East Side, and coming home one night runs down a little girl (Giraci) with her car, who turns out to be an orphan as her father had died at the front in Europe. Sylvia takes the child to recuperate in her home, and learns the child may never walk again. Seeking out the best surgeon, Sylvia finds the only one who has not gone to fight is Dr. Meade. Edward consents and does his best for the child. Meanwhile, Richard at the front line calmly faces possible death. He is wounded in battle, and finds that he has lost his right hand and severely injured the left side of his face. He then asks a friend to tell his wife that he had been killed in battle. Back in New York, Sylvia has come to better understand Edward's character as he cares for the orphan. When news of Richard's death comes, she turns to Edward, the man she has always loved. Betty accuses her of loving Edward, and she cannot deny it. After waiting a suitable amount of time, Edward asks Sylvia to marry him, and she consents. On the day the engagement is to be announced, Richard returns home, having received a new prosthetic hand and some work to his face. The guests hail Richard as a hero while Edward, facing the situation, quietly leaves. Sylvia tries to take up her life with Richard again, and when they are alone, Richard is beaming with joy but she cannot hide her aversion to his wounds. Quick to understand, Richard bitterly reproaches her and leaves. Meeting Betty in the hall, he tells her what happened, and she happily says that she can take Sylvia's place. Richard accepts this as he embraces her. Sylvia goes to see Edward at his home and finds him in his chair with the orphan on his lap. She says that she tried to stay with Richard, but her love for Edward was too strong. Richard, who followed Sylvia, arrives, and there ensues a conversation that results in peace and contentment for the four parties instead of ruined lives.
The Affairs of Anatol
The Affairs of Anatol (1921)
, 1h57
Directed by Cecil B. DeMille
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Comedy-drama, Romance
Themes Films based on plays
Actors Wallace Reid, Gloria Swanson, Wanda Hawley, Theodore Roberts, Elliott Dexter, Theodore Kosloff
Rating65% 3.295543.295543.295543.295543.29554
Socialite Anatol Spencer (Reid), finding his relationship with his wife (Swanson) lackluster, goes in search of excitement.
The Squaw Man
The Squaw Man (1918)
, 1h47
Directed by Cecil B. DeMille
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Western
Themes Théâtre, Films based on plays
Actors Warner Baxter, Elliott Dexter, Ann Little, Lupe Vélez, Eleanor Boardman, Katherine MacDonald
Rating62% 3.146563.146563.146563.146563.14656
A British army officer Captain James Wingate (Warner Baxter) is left disgraced when he takes the blame for his cousin Henry's (Paul Cavanagh) misappropriation of the regiment's charitable fund. He heads to the Wild West of the United States, taking over a ranch in Montana where he marries a beautiful Indian squaw Naturich (Lupe Velez) and have child Hal (Dickie Moore). Years later Henry arrives there with his wife Lady Diana (Eleanor Boardman), with whom James has been secretly in love.
Feet of Clay
Feet of Clay (1924)

Directed by Cecil B. DeMille
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Fantasy
Themes Films based on plays
Actors Rod La Rocque, Vera Reynolds, Julia Faye, Ricardo Cortez, Robert Edeson, Theodore Kosloff

Kerry Harlan (La Rocque) is unable to work because he was injured in a battle with a shark, so his youthful wife Amy (Reynolds) becomes a fashion model. While she is away from home, Bertha, the wife of his surgeon, is trying to force her attentions on Kerry and is accidentally killed in an attempt to evade her husband. After the scandal Amy is courted by Tony Channing, but she returns to her husband and finds him near death from gas fumes. Because they both attempted to make suicide, their spirits are rejected by "the other side," and learning the truth from Bertha's spirit they fight their way back to life.
After Five
After Five (1915)
, 50minutes
Directed by Oscar Apfel, Cecil B. DeMille
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Crime
Themes Films based on plays
Actors Edward Abeles, Sessue Hayakawa, Betty Schade, Jane Darwell, Theodore Roberts, Monroe Salisbury
Rating46% 2.321682.321682.321682.321682.32168
Ted Ewing (Edward Abeles) invests both his own and the money of his fiancée, Nora Heldreth (Betty Schade), when a broker friend offers big investment returns. After the broker friend disappears, though, Ewing believes that he has squandered their money, and sets out on a course of action to recover it. He takes out a life insurance policy and then tries to get himself "accidentally" killed. His numerous attempts are to no avail. Next he hires some strong arms to kill him since they have apparently been following him anyway. He gives the money for his murder for hire to his valet, Oki (Sessue Hayakawa). But then the broker returns and Ewing discovers that his investment has doubled! With the strong arms after him, Ewing must straighten out the situation before it's too late.
The Captive
The Captive (1915)
, 50minutes
Directed by Cecil B. DeMille
Origin USA
Genres Drama, War, Romance
Themes Films based on plays
Actors Blanche Sweet, House Peters, Sr., Theodore Roberts, Jeanie Macpherson, William Elmer, Marjorie Daw
Rating63% 3.184493.184493.184493.184493.18449
Une fermière du Montenegro emploie un prisonnier turc capturé pendant la Guerre des Balkans, et finit par en tomber amoureuse.