Back to God's Country (1919)

Directed by

David Hartford

Genre

drama film, silent film, adventure fiction

Country

Canada

Runtime

1h 13m

Rated

NR

Rating

6.2 of 10 from 17 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A woman named Dolores becomes the main character instead of a dog. She rescues her husband in the Canadian wilderness.

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What happens

Back to God's Country is a 1919 Canadian drama film directed by David Hartford. It is one of the earliest Canadian feature films. The film starred Canadian actress Nell Shipman who wrote the screenplay adaptation of Curwood's story. She changed the protagonist of the film from a great dane to the female lead, Dolores. Shipman also shaped her character into a heroine, who saves her husband. Curwood was infuriated with Shipman, but commercially the film was extremely successful, posting a 300 percent profit and grossing a million-and-a-half dollars. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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