Silent-era lumberjack drama where stealing your dad's patience leads to destiny.
After an argument with his father, in which he is accused of stealing, Bill Carmody leaves home. His girlfriend Ethel is mad at him because of his carousing. So he heads out West, but he gets in a railroad accident and saves the life of Appleton, who owns a lumber mill. To reward Bill, Appleton gives him a job, and it doesn't take him long to discern that Buck Moncrossen, the camp boss, is crooked.
Practical Effects
Actual lumber camp locations with real workers as extras.
Director
Fred J. Balshofer
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Harold Lockwood died of influenza in 1918 at 31, making this one of his final surviving features.
The 'go West to redeem yourself' narrative was so common in 1910s cinema that studios built fake lumber camps on backlots.
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