A growing source of silent era film information. This listing is from The Progressive Silent Film List by Carl Bennett. Copyright © 1999-2025 by Carl Bennett and the Silent Era Company. All Rights Reserved.

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	Esther Ralston. Photograph: Silent Era image collection.

Cast: William Duncan, Edith Johnson, Esther Ralston, Joseph W. Girard, Frank Rice, Joe Bonomo, Clarke Comstock, Edward Cecil, Harry Woods, Malvina Polo, Robert Homans

Universal Pictures Corporation production; distributed by Universal Pictures Corporation. / Scenario by Frank H. Clark, from the novel The Free Trader by Katherine Pinkerton and Robert Pinkerton. / Ten chapters (two reels each): [1] “The Fur Pirates,” © 28 July 1924 by Universal Pictures Corporation [LP20426], released 21 September 1924; [2] “The Wolf Pack,” © 31 July 1924 by Universal Pictures Corporation [LP20453]; [3] “The Avalanche,” © 31 July 1924 by Universal Pictures Corporation [LP20452]; [4] “Passions of War,” © 27 September 1924 by Universal Pictures Corporation [LP20621]; [5] “The Blizzard,” © 27 September 1924 by Universal Pictures Corporation [LP20622]; [6] “Flames of Peril,” © 1 October 1924 by Universal Pictures Corporation [LP20643]; [7] “The Man Hunt,” © 1 October 1924 by Universal Pictures Corporation [LP20644]; [8] “The Trail of Gold,” © 9 October 1924 by Universal Pictures Corporation [LP20716]; [9] “A Trick of Fate,” © 21 October 1924 by Universal Pictures Corporation [LP20684]; [10] “The Stolen Map,” © 21 October 1924 by Universal Pictures Corporation [LP20700]. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format.

Drama: Adventure.

Survival status: The film is presumed lost.

Current rights holder: Public domain [USA].

Keywords: Serials

Listing updated: 6 January 2011.

References: Drew-Speaking p. 283; Edmonds-BigU pp. 132, 133; Katchmer-Eighty p. 264; Lahue-Continued pp. 117-118, 244, 289; LoC-MoPic-2 p. 964 : ClasIm-204 p. 33; ClasIm-224 p. 55 : Website-IMDb; Website-SerSq.