The Grub Stake (1923)

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: 1923-02-18
• Runtime: 1h 39min
• Production Company: Nell Shipman Productions Inc.
• Production Country: United States of America
• Directors: Nell Shipman, Bert Van Tuyle.