| The Lodge in the Wilderness | |
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| Directed by | Henry McCarty |
| Written by | Wyndham Gittens |
| Based on | "The Lodge in the Wilderness" by Gilbert Parker |
| Starring | Anita Stewart Edmund Burns Larry Steers |
| Cinematography | Jack MacKenzie |
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| Distributed by | Tiffany Pictures |
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Running time | 60 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | Silent (English intertitles) |
The Lodge in the Wilderness is a 1926 American silent action film directed by Henry McCarty and starring Anita Stewart, Edmund Burns, and Larry Steers.[1][2] It is a Northern film based on a 1909 short story of the same title by Canadian writer Gilbert Parker.
As described in a film magazine review,[3] John Hammond, the manager of a lumber camp, desires Virginia Coulson, daughter of the owner of the estate, but she is fond of the engineer Jim Wallace. When one of the men is murdered, Jim is held and sent to prison. Later, Hammond secures evidence that proves Goofus, a local halfwit, as the guilty party, but rather than clear his rival, he promises to disclose the evidence only on condition that the young woman will first marry him. When he hears of this scheme, Jim breaks out of jail and arrives in time to stop the marriage. When Goofus learns that Hammond is about to expose him, he shoots Hammond. At the end, Jim and Virginia are free to wed.
A print of The Lodge in the Wilderness is in the collection of EYE Film Institute Netherlands.[4]
