The Grub Stake (1923)

overview : A young woman is lured to the Yukon by a gambler with promises of marriage and a grubstake for a gold mine. She takes her ailing father with her, only to discover when she gets there that the gambler was lying to her and actually planned to sell her to a dance hall. She gathers her father and an old miner she has met, takes a dogsled and supplies from the gambler and the three of them head for the wilderness to look for a lost gold claim the old miner has been looking for.

Release Date : Feb 18, 1923

Runtime : 1h 39m

Genre : Drama  Adventure  Western  

Companies : Nell Shipman Productions Inc., Sierra Pictures

Countries : United States of America

Keywords : woman director