The Viking (1931)
1931 · Feature film · 72 min · dir. George Melford
Actually produced during the Great Newfoundland Seal Hunt and You see the REAL thing
- Action
- Drama
- Romance
Synopsis
Originally called White Thunder, American producer Varick Frissell's 1931 film was inspired by his love for the Canadian Arctic Circle. Set in a beautifully black-and-white filmed Newfoundland, it is the story of a rivalry between two seal hunters that plays out on the ice floes during a hunt. Unsatisfied with the first cut, Frissell arranged for the crew to accompany an actual Newfoundland seal hunt on The SS Viking, on which an explosion of dynamite (carried regularly at the time on Arctic…
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Details
- Director
- George Melford
- Writer
- Garnett Weston
- Released
- 1931-03-05
- Running time
- 72 minutes
Cast & crew
George Melford Director
Charles Starrett
Louise Huntington
Arthur Vinton- Bob Bartlett
- Wilfred Grenfell
