North Star (1925 film)

North Star is a 1925 American silent drama film directed by Paul Powell and starring Virginia Lee Corbin, Stuart Holmes, and Ken Maynard.^[1][2] The film was made as a showcase for Strongheart the Dog, a rival of Rin Tin Tin. Future star Clark Gable appears in a supporting role.

North Star
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Directed by	Paul Powell
Written by	Charles Horan
Based on	North Star: a Dog Story of the Canadian Northwest 1925 novel by Rufus King
Produced by	Howard Estabrook
Starring	Virginia Lee Corbin Stuart Holmes Ken Maynard Clark Gable
Cinematography	Joseph Walker
Production company	Howard Estabrook Productions
Distributed by	Associated Exhibitors
Release date	December 27, 1925 (1925-12-27)
Running time	50 minutes
Country	United States
Language	Silent (English intertitles)

Plot

As described in a film magazine review,^[3] the friends of Noel Blake, a wealthy young man, contrive a plot by which he is made to believe himself to be a murderer. He flees to the northwest timber country without his two best friends, his dog North Star, or Marcia Gale, the sister of one of his friends. He is followed by Dick Robbins, a man who intends to blackmail him and extort money from him. Marcia and the dog trail the villain close behind. At the end, after a fight between Noel and the blackmailer, the dog pursues the villain to his death over a cliff.

Cast

• Strongheart the Dog as North Star
• Virginia Lee Corbin as Marcia Gale
• Stuart Holmes as Dick Robbins
• Ken Maynard as Noel Blake
• Harold Austin as Wilbur Gale
• Clark Gable as Archie West
• William Riley as Wayne Connor
• Syd Crossley as Tramp
• Jerry Mandy as Tramp
• Martin Faust as Indian
• J.C. Fowler as Dr. Jim Craig