Underplayed Gems

Lost in the Arctic (1911)

Lost in the Arctic poster
Directed by
William V. Mong
Genre
silent film
Country
United States
Elsewhere
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How it feels

This silent drama shows Inuit culture in coastal Labrador. It was filmed in Michigan, not the Arctic. The movie is historically notable for its early portrayal of indigenous people.

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What happens

Lost in the Arctic is a lost 1911 American silent drama film that portrayed the Inuit or "Eskimo" culture in the northern coastal area of Labrador. Directed by William V. Mong and produced by the Selig Polyscope Company, the "one-reeler" costarred Columbia Eneutseak, J. C. Smith, and also Mong. The film was not, as advertised by Selig and in trade publications in 1911, shot in the Arctic or even farther south in Labrador. It and another Selig release, The Way of the Eskimo, were produced at the same time in the same location in the United States, in Escanaba, Michigan. Both "Arctic" stories were filmed there in less than two weeks during the early winter months of 1911, staged along the frozen shoreline of Little Bay de Noc that connects to Lake Michigan. Released in September 1911, this 820-foot (250 m) film was distributed on a "split-reel", attached on the same 1,000-foot (300 m) reel to an unrelated 180-foot (55 m) "topical" short titled Noted Men. That accompanying film, which had a running time less than three minutes, offered "intimate views" of the vice president of the United States at that time as well as four other prominent national politicians. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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