BACK TO COD'S COUNTRY (1919) [L'INSTINCT QUI VEILLE (France)] Production................[Shipman-Curwood Productions] Curwood-Carver Productions, Inc. Producer..................Ernest Shipman Director..................David Hartford Scenario..................Nell Shipman with James Oliver Curwood (from "Wapi, the Walrus," a story by James Oliver Curwood) Photographer..............Joseph B. Walker and Dal Clawson Location..................Brunton Studios/Los Angeles, Kern River, and San Francisco, California (United States); Lesser Slave Lake, Alberta (Canada) Music [title song]........Paul M. Sarazan (words and music) Jack B. Weil (words) Length....................6 reels [l6mm:1,996 ft.] Running time..............73 minutes (at 18 fps) Print (original tinted)...Public Archives of Canada, Ottawa [From prints courtesy of American Film Institute and Mr. J. D. Cunningham] Cast Dolores LeBeau............Nell Shipman Baptiste LeBeau...........Roy Laidlaw Peter Burke...............Wheeler Oakman and Ronald Byram Rydal.....................Wellington Playter Rydal's sidekick..........Charles Murphy Cubby, the bear...........Brownie "Sealskin" Blake..........Charles Arling Wapi, "the Walrus"........Tresore and Rex Murdered Mountie..........William G. ColvinReturn to Filmography SOMETHING NEW (1920) Production................A Nell Shipman Production Producer..................B. F. Croghan Director..................Nell Shipman and Bert Van Tuyle Scenario..................Nell Shipman Photographer..............Joseph B. Walker Location..................Mojave Desert, California Length....................5 reels [l6mm:1,740 ft.] Running time..............50 minutes (24 fps) Print (original tinted)...Hemingway Western Studies Center, Boise State University [Courtesy, UCLA Film Archive, Los Angeles] Cast The Writing Woman.........Nell Shipman Bill......................Bert Van Tuyle Sid Bickley...............L.M. Wells Laddie, the collie........Laddie Gorgez....................William McCormack The automobile............The 1920 MaxwellReturn to Filmography THE GRUB·STAKE (1922) [THE ROMANCE OF LOST VALLEY, Great Britain (1922), recut, reissued as THE GOLDEN YUKON, USA (1927)] Production................A Nell Shipman Production Director..................Nell Shipman and Bert Van Tuyle Scenario..................Nell Shipman Photographer..............Joseph B. Walker and Bobby Newhard Location..................Minnehaha Studio, Spokane, Washington and nearby vicinity; Priest Lake, Idaho (United States) Length....................[l6mm:3,234 ft.] Running time..............90 minutes (at 24 fps) Print (original tinted)...Hemingway Western Studies Center, Boise State University [Courtesy, National Film Archive, London] Cast Faith Diggs...............Nell Shipman "Skipper" Diggs...........Walt Whitman Mark Leroy................Alfred Allen Dawson Kate...............Lillian Leighton Michael Murry.............George Berrell Jeb, Kate's son...........Hugh Thompson The Mountie...............C. K. Van Auker Leroy's Chinese servant...Ah Wing Brownie, the Bear.........BrownieReturn to Filmography A BEAR, A BOY AND A DOG (1921) [Originally titled SATURDAY OFF (1920)] Production................A Nell Shipman Production Producer..................William H. Clune Director..................Nell Shipman and Bert Van Tuyle Scenario..................Nell Shipman Photographer..............Joseph B. Walker Location..................Sycamore Grove (near Pasadena,California) Length....................2 reels [l6mm:821 ft.] Running time..............20 minutes (24 fps) Print.....................Hemingway Western Studies Center, Boise State University [Courtesy, Mr. Gary Lacher] Cast A Bear....................Brownie Henry, A Boy..............Sunny Howard A Dog.....................Laddie Woman with large hat in automobile (back to camera)..........Nell ShipmanReturn to Filmography LITTLE DRAMAS OF THE BIG PLACES: THE LIGHT ON LOOKOUT (1923) Production................A Nell Shipman Production Director..................Nell Shipman and Bert Van Tuyle Scenario..................Nell Shipman Photographer..............Bobby Newhard with Aubrey Overmver Location..................Priest Lake, Idaho Length....................2 reels [l6mm:597 ft.] Running time..............18 minutes (24 fps) Print.....................Hemingway Western Studies Center, Boise State University [Courtesy, Mr. J. D. Cunningham] Cast Dreena....................Nell Shipman Jim.......................Ralph Cochner Lila......................Dorothy Winslow Timber thieves............"Daddy" Duffill and Bert Van Tuyle A bear....................BrownieReturn to Filmography LITTLE DRAMAS OF THE BIG PLACES: TRAIL OF THE NORTH WIND (1923) Production................A Nell Shipman Production A Cranfield & Clarke Production Director..................Nell Shipman and Bert Van Tuyle Scenario..................Nell Shipman Photographer..............Bobby Newhard Location..................Priest Lake, Idaho Length....................2 reels [l6mm:738 ft.] Running time..............20 minutes (at 24 fps) Print.....................Hemingway Western Studies Center Boise State University [Courtesy, Mr. J. D. Cunningham] Cast Grandfather..............."Daddy" Duffill Billy.....................Barry Shipman Dreena....................Nell Shipman Malamute..................Tex Woodcutters...............Ralph Cochner and Unknown
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