The Spoilers (1914 film)

The Spoilers
The Spoilers
	Theatrical poster for The Spoilers
Directed by	Colin Campbell; Alfred E. Green (asst. dir.)
Written by	Lanier Bartlett
Based on	The Spoilers; 1906 novel/play; by Rex Beach
Produced by	William Nicholas Selig
Starring	William Farnum; Kathlyn Williams; Tom Santschi
Cinematography	Harry Gerstad; Alvin Wyckoff
Production; company	Selig Polyscope Company
Distributed by	General Film Company
Release date	March 25, 1914;
Running time	9 reels (1914 release); 110 minutes (1916 re-release)
Country	United States
Languages	Silent; English intertitles
Box office	$1 million

The Spoilers

The Spoilers is a 1914 American silent Western film directed by Colin Campbell. The film is set in Nome, Alaska during the 1898 Gold Rush, with William Farnum as Roy Glennister, Kathlyn Williams as Cherry Malotte, and Tom Santschi as Alex McNamara. The film culminates in a spectacular saloon fistfight between Glennister and McNamara. In 1916, an expanded version was released, running 110 minutes.

The film was adapted to screen by Lanier Bartlett from the Rex Beach novel of the same name. The film was remade in 1923 (with Noah Beery as McNamara), 1930 (with Gary Cooper as Glennister and Betty Compson as Malotte), 1942 (with John Wayne as Glennister, Randolph Scott as McNamara, and Marlene Dietrich as Malotte), and 1955 (with Jeff Chandler as Glennister, Rory Calhoun as McNamara, and Anne Baxter as Malotte).^[2] All of the films feature a lengthy, intense fight sequence.

Plot summary

Cast

William Farnum as Roy Glenister
Kathlyn Williams as Cherry Malotte
Thomas Santschi as Alex McNamara
Bessie Eyton as Helen Chester
Frank Clark as Dextry (billed; Frank M. Clark)
Jack McDonald as Slap Jack (billed; Jack F. McDonald)
Wheeler Oakman as Drury, The Broncho Kid
Norval MacGregor as Judge Stillman
William Ryno as Struve
Marshall Farnum as Lawyer Wheatin
Jules White
Cleo Ridgely

Preservation status

The film exists in the Raymond Rohauer (Cohen Media Group) collection in an incomplete print.^[3]

References

^ Quigley Publishing Company "The All Time Best Sellers", International Motion Picture Almanac 1937-38 (1938) accessed April 19, 2014
^ The Spoilers at silentera.com database
^ SilentEra entry

External links

The Spoilers at IMDb
The Spoilers at the TCM Movie Database
The Spoilers at the AFI Catalog of Feature Films
The Spoilers (1914) at SilentEra
The Spoilers (1914) at YouTube
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[quig-1] Quigley Publishing Company "The All Time Best Sellers", International Motion Picture Almanac 1937-38 (1938) accessed April 19, 2014

[2] The Spoilers at silentera.com database

[3] SilentEra entry

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