Belle of Alaska

Belle of Alaska
Jane Novak and Noah Beery Sr.
Directed byChester Bennett
Written byJ. Grubb Alexander
Harvey Gates
Produced byChester Bennett
StarringJ. Frank Glendon
Jane Novak
Noah Beery Sr.
CinematographyJack MacKenzie
Production
company
Chester Bennett Productions
Distributed byAmerican Releasing Corporation
Release date
  • March 5, 1922 (1922-03-05)
Running time
50 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguagesSilent
English intertitles

Belle of Alaska is a 1922 American silent Western film directed by Chester Bennett and starring J. Frank Glendon, Jane Novak and Noah Beery.[1][2]

Plot

A Kansas farmer and his wife leave for Alaska to take part in the Klondike Gold Rush, but she becomes separated from him and ends up working in a dance hall owned by the gambler Lucky Vail.

Cast

Censorship

Before Belle of Alaska could be exhibited in Kansas, the Kansas Board of Review required the removal of a scene where a man is unbuttoning his coat before he assaults a woman.[3]

Preservation

Belle of Alaska is currently presumed lost.[4] In February of 2021, the film was cited by the National Film Preservation Board on their Lost U.S. Silent Feature Films list.[5]

References

  1. ↑ Munden, Kenneth W., ed. (1997) [1971]. The American Film Institute Catalog of Motion Pictures Produced in the United States, Part 1. University of California Press. p. 532. ISBN 0-520-20969-9.
  2. ↑ "AFI Catalog of Feature Films: Belle of Alaska". afi.com. Retrieved April 27, 2026.
  3. ↑ "Kansas Board of Review Movie Index - Kansas Historical Society". www.kansashistory.gov. Retrieved May 24, 2026.
  4. ↑ "The Library of Congress American Silent Feature Film Survival Database: Belle of Alaska". memory.loc.gov. Archived from the original on March 21, 2023. Retrieved April 27, 2026. Cite error: Unknown parameter "loc" in <ref> tag; supported parameters are dir, follow, group, name (see the help page).
  5. ↑ "7,200 Lost U.S. Silent Feature Films (1912-29)" (PDF). National Film Preservation Board. Retrieved April 27, 2026.
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