The Ice Flood

The Ice Flood
The Ice Flood
	1926 theatrical poster
Directed by	George B. Seitz
Screenplay by	James O. Spearing (adaptation); George Seitz (scenario); Gladys Lehman (scenario)
Based on	The Brute Breaker (novelette); by Johnston McCulley
Produced by	Carl Laemmle
Starring	Kenneth Harlan; Viola Dana
Cinematography	Merritt B. Gerstad
Edited by	Raymond Curtiss; Maurice Pivar (sup. editor)
Production; company	Universal Pictures
Distributed by	Universal Pictures
Release date	October 2, 1926;
Running time	6 reels; (5,747 feet)
Country	United States
Language	Silent (English intertitles)

The Ice Flood is a 1926 American silent northwoods drama film produced and distributed by Universal Pictures. It was directed by George Seitz and starred Kenneth Harlan and Viola Dana.

The Brute Breaker had previously been adapted by Universal in 1919, under the title of the source material.

Plot

Jack De Quincy, fresh out of Oxford, is the son of a wealthy lumberjack who has been sent to been sent to straighten out the French Canadian logging camps. He tells his father that he intends to keep his identity hidden, and conceals the fact that he was a college boxing champion.

The toughest camp in the area hears tales from a nearby town of a handsome "wildcat" who has kicked out it's bootleggers and ruffians. 'Dum-Dum' Pete and 'Dumb' Danny laugh as they tell the story, but Marie O'Neil and her disabled brother Billy long to see the mysterious hero. That evening, Jack accidentally arouses the bullies' anger by dancing with Marie O'Neil, the daughter of the camp superintendent, against Pete's orders. Pete challenges Jack to a fight and is beaten badly, but Marie believes that Jack started the fight just to impress her and doesn't wish to engage with him.

The next day the bullies discover their bootlegged liquor has been stolen, and orders Jack to leave camp. He sets up his own camp nearby, but Marie overhears the bullies planning to attack him and follows them with her father to Jack's location. They shoot at a figure next to the fire, and think Jack is dead. Marie and her father are captured, and Marie put on a launch on the river while her father is tied to a tree. It turns out the figure next to the fire was a dummy, and Jack gets the drop on Dan as he investigates the camp, and he takes him prisoner. The other bully is lured to the camp and also made prisoner. Meanwhile, ice in the river is gathering around Marie and her father breaks his bonds, and with the help of Jack, save Marie from the ice floes.

Cast

Kenneth Harlan as Jack De Quincy
Viola Dana as Marie O'Neill
Frank Hagney as 'Dum-Dum' Pete
Fred Kohler as 'Cougar' Kid
DeWitt Jennings as James O'Neill (Marie's father)
Norman Deming as 'Dumb' Danny
Kitty Barlow as Lumber Camp Cook
James Gordon as Lumber Camp Physician
George Irving as Thomas De Quincy
Billy Kent Schaefer as Little Billy
Walter Brennan as Lumberjack (uncredited)

Production

Exteriors for The Ice Flood were shot on location in Klamath Falls, Oregon,^[1] and the interiors were filmed on the Universal Studios Lot.^[2]

Reception

Moving Picture World reviewer C.S. Sewell gave the film a positive review, praising the excellent fight scenes and "generous use of miniatures."^[3]

Preservation

A complete 16mm exists and has been distributed on DVD by Alpha Video, Grapevine Video, and TeleVista.^[4]^[5] The film is also held by the Library of Congress.^[6]^[7]

References

^ "Filmed in Oregon 1908-2015" (PDF). Oregon Film Council. Oregon State Library. Retrieved December 27, 2015.
^ The Film Daily. New York: Wid's Films and Film Folks, Inc. March 21, 1926. p. 10.
^ The Moving Picture World. New York: Chalmers Publishing Company. October 2, 1926. pp. 306, 307.
^ Progressive Silent Film List: The Ice Flood at silentera.com
^ The AFI Catalog of Feature Films: The Ice Flood(Wayback)
^ Catalog of Holdings The American Film Institute Collection and The United Artists Collection at The Library of Congress, p.86, c.1978, American Film Institute
^ The Library of Congress American Silent Feature Film Survival Catalog: The Ice Flood

External links

The Ice Flood at IMDb
Lobby cards

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[ORfilm-1] "Filmed in Oregon 1908-2015" (PDF). Oregon Film Council. Oregon State Library. Retrieved December 27, 2015.

[2] The Film Daily. New York: Wid's Films and Film Folks, Inc. March 21, 1926. p. 10.

[3] The Moving Picture World. New York: Chalmers Publishing Company. October 2, 1926. pp. 306, 307.

[4] Progressive Silent Film List: The Ice Flood at silentera.com

[5] The AFI Catalog of Feature Films: The Ice Flood(Wayback)

[6] Catalog of Holdings The American Film Institute Collection and The United Artists Collection at The Library of Congress, p.86, c.1978, American Film Institute

[7] The Library of Congress American Silent Feature Film Survival Catalog: The Ice Flood

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