Heart of the Wilds

Heart of the Wilds

50 mins | Drama, Western | Sept. 1, 1918

In the Canadian Northwest, Jen Galbraith lives in a tavern with her brother Val and her father Peter, a bootlegger who sells whiskey to the Indians. Val's friend Pierre resolves to win Jen, even though she is in love with Sergeant Tom Gellatly of the Mounted Police. When Val tries to retrieve some liquor sold illegally by the elder Galbraith to an Indian named Grey Cloud, the Indian insults Jen and Val shoots him. Tom is assigned to track down the murderer, but after he arrives at the tavern, Galbraith and Pierre drug him. Jen delivers the papers he is carrying to police headquarters, but when she discovers that they contain orders to arrest her brother, she shoots Tom to prevent him from going after Val.

Heart of the Wilds

50 mins | Drama, Western | Sept. 1, 1918

Heart of the Wilds
In the Canadian Northwest, Jen Galbraith lives in a tavern with her brother Val and her father Peter, a bootlegger who sells whiskey to the Indians. Val's friend Pierre resolves to win Jen, even though she is in love with Sergeant Tom Gellatly of the Mounted Police. When Val tries to retrieve some liquor sold illegally by the elder Galbraith to an Indian named Grey Cloud, the Indian insults Jen and Val shoots him. Tom is assigned to track down the murderer, but after he arrives at the tavern, Galbraith and Pierre drug him. Jen delivers the papers he is carrying to police headquarters, but when she discovers that they contain orders to arrest her brother, she shoots Tom to prevent him from going after Val.
Producers Famous Players-Lasky Corporation
Original title Heart of the Wilds
Directors Marshall Neilan
Writers Gilbert Parker, Charles Maigne, Edgar Selwyn

Cast

Elsie Ferguson

as Jen Galbraith

Thomas Meighan

as Sergeant Tom Gellatly

Joseph W. Smiley

as Peter Galbraith

Matt Moore

as Val Galbraith

E.L. Fernandez

as Pierre

Sidney D'Albrook

as Grey Cloud