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Trail of '98, The (1928) *** (out of 4) One of the best of the "last period of silent films" takes a look at various characters who leave their peaceful homes and go into the dangerous and deadly Klondike in hopes of striking gold. Delores Del Rio and Ralph Forbes play a young couple who have everything ahead of them but the husband's greed gets them into one dangerous situation after another.
THE TRAIL OF '98. Directed by. Clarence Brown. United States, 1928. Adventure, Romance, Silent. 87. Synopsis. Fortune hunters from all over the country rush to the Klondike in 1897 to seek their fortunes in the gold are tested by hardships of the journey. Share. Synopsis.
16 de ene. de 2014 · The Trail of ’98 has its share of hits and misses. In general, the movie works better when the plot and the leads do not enter the equation. This is no slam at Dolores Del Rio, she goes above and beyond the call of duty (more on that later). It’s just that the lavish scenery has been used on a rather mundane romance.
Other articles where The Trail of ’98 is discussed: Robert W. Service: The Trail of ’98 (1910) is a vivid novel of men and conditions in the Klondike. He also wrote two autobiographical works, Ploughman of the Moon (1945) and Harper of Heaven (1948). From 1912 he lived in Europe, mainly on the French Riviera.
The Trail of '98 by Robert W. Service, Fiction, Westerns, Historical. Robert W. Service. Aegypan, 2008 - Fiction - 304 pages. Coming from all over the country, the fortune seekers gather in San Francisco and board a ship for Alaska, unaware of the many hardships that they will face out in the unforgiving wilderness, such as blizzards, floods ...
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Trail of '98 was released amid a brief but significant vogue for "Northern action stories," according to film scholar William K. Everson, alongside other titles like The Michigan Kid (1928) and Tide of Empire (1929). Westerns were at a low ebb in the late 1920s, and these films filled the gap.
