The Grub Stake (1923)

A young woman is lured to the Yukon by a gambler with promises of marriage and a grubstake for a gold mine. She takes her ailing father with her, only to discover when she gets there that the gambler was lying to her and actually planned to sell her to a dance hall. She gathers her father and an old miner she has met, takes a dogsled and supplies from the gambler and the three of them head for the wilderness to look for a lost gold claim the old miner has been looking for.

Released Feb. 18, 1923 99 min None+

Genres: Action, Adventure, Drama, Western

Keywords: tmdb.woman-director, imdb.husband-wife-relationship, imdb.f-rated, imdb.saloon, imdb.pipe, imdb.horse, imdb.sled-dog + 9 more, imdb.title-directed-by-female, imdb.melodrama, imdb.northwest, imdb.yukon, imdb.klondike, imdb.alaska, imdb.gold, imdb.gold-mining, aspectratio.1-33-1