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.
In the pantheon of silent cinema, few figures loom with as much rugged defiance as Nell Shipman. While the burgeoning Hollywood studio system was busy codifying the damsel in distress, Shipman was out in the frozen reaches of the North, literally and figuratively carving her own path. The Grub Stake (1923) is not jus...
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Comparing the cinematic DNA and archive impact of two defining moments in cult history.
Nell Shipman
Dallas M. Fitzgerald
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" In the pantheon of silent cinema, few figures loom with as much rugged defiance as Nell Shipman. While the burgeoning Hollywood studio system was busy codifying the damsel in distress, Shipman was out in the frozen reaches of the North, literally and figuratively carving her own path. The Grub Stake (1923) is not just a film; it is a manifesto of independence. It stands as a stark departure from the sanitized melodramas of its era, offering a visceral, tactile experience that remains startling..."
Walt Whitman
Nell Shipman
United States
1931 · IMDb 6.1
