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The Devil Bear

Item number (ISN):

213467

Hierarchical level:

Item (Accession level)

Date:

1928

Item number (ISN):

213467

Type of material:

Moving images

Found in:

Archives / Film, Video and Sound

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Record information – Details

Fonds/collection:

ALLEN, John E.

Accession:

1977-0244

Media:

Film

Original title:

The Devil Bear

Part:

3 of 3

Production date:

1928

Release date:

1929-02-09

Production company:

Thunder Bay Films Ltd.

Production credit:

director, Louis W. Chaudet; producer/scenario, Sargeson V. Halstead; photography, King Gray

Cast credit:

Dorothy Dwan, Carroll Nye, Mitchell Lewis, Charlie Crockett, Charles K. French, Sylvia Picker, G. Raymond Nye, Dick L'Estrange, Bobbie Mack, Frank Hemphill, Caroline Cook

Country of production:

cn

Distributor name:

Thunder Bay Films Ltd.

Description:

The Devil Bear is an adventure thriller about Captain Epsom and Borno his tame gorilla and ship's mascot. During a mutiny on the ship The Badger, Captain Epsom is injured by a blow on the head which makes him insane but the gorilla (called by Indians "The Devil Bear") rescues him and hides him in a cave, along the shores of lake Superior. The plot becomes more complicated as "The Devil Bear" foils some villains and rescues a missionary's daughter, Werta Brandon, who turns out to be in love with geologist Bert Sifton, whose partner, Jack Crawford, is trying to cheat him out of their mine. "The Devil Bear" helps sort out their problems too and, when another blow on the head restores Captain Epsom to his right mind, all ends happily. <64mn 33s>

Language:

Silent with English intertitles

Notes:

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1. The running time is based on the measured length of the archives' master fine grain calculated at 18 fps.~2. For more information see "Canadian Feature Film Index 1913-1985", page 11.~3. Thunder Bay Films Limited, Fort William.~4. Adapted from Sargeson V. Halstead's story, "The Blind Chute".~5. Subject description based mostly on description fom Embattled Shadows: A History of Canadian Cinema 1895-1939 (Peter Morris, 1978), p. 186.~6. The opening inter-title of the film reads: "...along the Northern Shores of the Great Lakes are many trading posts, to which the hardy trappers of the Great White North bring their furs to equally hardy traders who...and transport them to the markets of the world."~7. Almost all intertitles are missing.~8. Given the 90-year rule, this title is under copyright until 31 December 2018.

Genre:

DRAMA

Detailed holdings information:

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Vault ISN:

216353

Format:

FILM

Location number:

7705-0434
7705-0434/A
7705-0435
7705-0435/A
7705-0436
7705-0436/A

Number of items:

6

Kind of sound:

SIL

Stock:

DUPE

Technical description:

POS

Made from:

DEPOSIT

Status:

MASTER

Vault ISN:

218615

Format:

FILM

Location number:

8311-0566

Number of items:

1

Kind of sound:

SIL

Stock:

RED PRT

Made from:

DEPOSIT

Status:

MASTER

Vault ISN:

218616

Format:

FILM

Location number:

8311-0567

Vault code:

GAT

Number of items:

1

Kind of sound:

SIL

Stock:

RED PRT

Made from:

DEPOSIT

Status:

REF

Vault ISN:

363682

Format:

VIDEO

Location number:

V1 2001-10-0001

Number of items:

1

Duration:

100:00

Status:

REF

Vault ISN:

387691

Format:

FILM

Location number:

2003-07-0152
2003-07-0153
2003-07-0154
2003-07-0155
2003-07-0156
2003-07-0157

Number of items:

6

Kind of sound:

SIL

Stock:

DUPE

Technical description:

NEG

Made from:

7705-0434
7705-0434A
7705-0435
7705-0435A
7705-0436
7705-0436A

Status:

MASTER

Vault ISN:

388377

Format:

FILM

Location number:

2003-11-0028
2003-11-0029
2003-11-0030

Vault code:

GAT

Number of items:

3

Kind of sound:

SIL

Stock:

ANS PRT

Made from:

2003-07-0152
2003-07-0153
2003-07-0154
2003-07-0155
2003-07-0156
2003-07-0157

Status:

REF

Vault ISN:

390099

Format:

FILM

Location number:

2004-01-0001
2004-01-0002
2004-01-0003
2004-01-0004
2004-01-0005
2004-01-0006

Vault code:

GAT

Number of items:

6

Kind of sound:

SIL

Stock:

DUPE

Technical description:

POS

Made from:

2003-07-0152
2003-07-0153
2003-07-0154
2003-07-0155
2003-07-0156
2003-07-0157

Status:

MASTER

Vault ISN:

977170

Format:

VIDEO

Location number:

V4 2001-10-0001

Number of items:

1

Kind of sound:

SIL

Made from:

2001-09-0079
2001-09-0080
2001-09-0081
7705-0434
7705-0435
7705-0436
7807-0646

Status:

MASTER

Vault ISN:

1119539

Format:

VIDEO

Location number:

7705-0434-DPX
7705-0434-A-DPX
7705-0435-DPX
7705-0435-A-DPX
7705-0436-DPX
7705-0436-A-DPX

Number of items:

6

Kind of sound:

SIL

Duration:

48:00

Made from:

7705-0434
7705-0434/A
7705-0435
7705-0435/A
7705-0436
7705-0436/A

Status:

REF

Vault ISN:

1119542

Format:

VIDEO

Location number:

213467.MOV

Number of items:

1

Kind of sound:

SOF

Duration:

1:04:35

Made from:

7705-0434-DPX
7705-0434/A-DPX
7705-0435-DPX
7705-0435/A-DPX
7705-0436-DPX
7705-0436/A-DPX

Status:

REF

Vault ISN:

1119543

Format:

VIDEO

Location number:

213467.MP4

Number of items:

1

Kind of sound:

SOF

Duration:

1:04:35

Made from:

213467.MOV

Status:

REF
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Conditions of access:

open

Consultation copy number:

V1 2001-10-0001

Restrictions on consultation:

~No Restrictions / Pas de restrictions

Donor restrictions:

No donor restrictions.

Copyright status:

Copyright expired.

Copyright owner:

Original copyright owner: Thunder Bay Films Limited.

Reproduction access:

No Restrictions / Pas de restrictions

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