
Dance-hall girl Colette Brissac, brought up in the Canadian Northwest, refuses the protection of New Yorker Lucky Folsom, who later marries Gloria Waldron, an ambitious woman actually in love with engineer Martin Bates. When Bates drifts into the mining town, the miners, while drunk, force him to marry Colette.


The Idol of the North What distinguishes The Idol of the North from the glut of early 20th-century dramas is its unapologetic focus on the psychological underpinnings of its characters, set against a backdrop of desolate grandeur. This 1923 silent film—crafted by Frank S. Beresford, Tom McNamara, and J. Clarkson M...

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" The Idol of the North What distinguishes The Idol of the North from the glut of early 20th-century dramas is its unapologetic focus on the psychological underpinnings of its characters, set against a backdrop of desolate grandeur. This 1923 silent film—crafted by Frank S. Beresford, Tom McNamara, and J. Clarkson Miller—does not merely recount a story of romantic entanglements; it interrogates the societal and personal constraints that shape human behavior. Jessie Arnold’s portrayal of Colet..."

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