Where the North Begins
Seen it?1923 | 73 min | Family, Action, Adventure, Drama
Monday Morning Maybeearly ratingWhy it’s a Monday Morning Maybe
With almost no lasting buzz and soft box office, this one could be a tough watch. Keep your phone handy.
Based on critics, audiences, awards, box office and buzz. Details below.Is it for you?
- Who'll love it
- Made for action fans and families.
- The mood
- Feel-good.
- The pace
- Takes its time with its characters, at 1 hr 13 min.
- What might put you off
- Made in 1923: an older pace and style.
A German Shepherd puppy is "adopted" by a wolf pack in the snowy and frozen Great North and raised by them as one of their own. A few years later he comes upon a fur trapper and saves the man from certain death, and begins to feel a kinship with him that is stronger than the one he has with his adopted pack.
How it earned its rating
- CriticsNot counted
Not enough reviews on record yet
- AudiencesNot counted
Not measured yet: not enough ratings
- AwardsNot counted
No major awards or nominations
- Box office & staying powerBelow par
$441K worldwide; still draws a steady audience long after release
- Buzz & cultural impactWeak
About 4K people sought it out in the past year
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Cast & crew
Directed by Chester M. Franklin
- Rin-Tin-TinThe Dog
- Claire AdamsFelice McTavish
- Fred HuntleyMcTavish
- Walter McGrailGabrielle Dupree
- Pat HartiganShad Galloway
- Myrtle OwenMarie
- Charles StevensThe Fox
- Lew MeehanMountie (uncredited)