The Ice Flood
(1926) American
B&W : Six reels / 5747 feet
Directed by George B. Seitz

Cast: Kenneth Harlan [Jack De Quincey], Viola Dana [Marie O’Neill], Frank Hagney [Pete, the camp bully], Billy Kent Schaefer [Billy], DeWitt Jennings [Jim O’Neill, Marie’s father], George Irving [Thomas De Quincey, Jack’s father], Norman Deming [‘Dumb’ Danny]; Fred Kohler [‘Cougar Kid’], Kitty Barlow [the cook], [?] ? [Leon], [?] ? [Albert], [?] ? [Dr. Ellsworth]

Universal Pictures Corporation production; distributed by Universal Pictures Corporation [A Universal-Jewel Production]. / Scenario by George B. Seitz and Gladys Lehman, from the adaptation by James O. Spearing of the novelette The Brute Breaker by Johnson McCulley. Photographed (cinematography) by Merritt B. Gerstad. Titles (intertitles) by Walter Anthony. Film editor (edited by) Raymond Curtiss. Supervising film editor Maurice Pivar. Presented by Carl Laemmle (Sr.). / © 1926 by Universal Pictures Corporation. Released [?] 2 October 1926 or 23 January 1927? / Standard 35mm spherical 1.37:1 format. / The story was previously filmed by Universal as The Brute Breaker (1919). Website-AFI erroniously credits the Thomas De Quincey role to James Gordon.

Drama: Northwoods.

Synopsis: Synopsis available in Hirschhorn-Universal p. 51.

Survival Status: Prints exist in private film collections [8mm reduction positives].

Keywords: Avalanches - Boats - Books - Business - Children: Handicapped - Crime: Murder (Attempted) - Fights: Fist - Ice - Logging: Lumber camps - Pacific Northwest - Rescues - Special effects: Miniatures - Trophies - USA: Oregon - Wagers: Bets - Water: Rivers - Weapons: Guns (Pistols, Rifles) - Writers: Poets

Listing updated: 25 October 2007.

References: Film credits, film viewing : Hirschhorn-Universal p. 51; Limbacher-Feature p. 117 : Website-AFI.

Home Video: DVD.