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Ship of Souls

Dec 20, 1925

1h 0m

★ 1.0

A tense drama of the snow wastes where men go mad from the last and greatest novel of EMERSON HOUGH

Overview

Langley Barnes goes to the North Country to seek peace, after being deserted by his wife, and falls in love with Christine, the daughter of Angus Garth, a factor made mad by the isolation. Despite the fact that he is not divorced, Langley marries Christine in an illegal ceremony. Captain Churchill arrives to erect a radio transmitter and, returning to the United States, marries Langley's wife, who has in the interim obtained a divorce. Churchill broadcasts news of the divorce to the North Country, and Langley and Christine can now become legally married.

Genres

Adventure

Drama

Western

Production Companies

Stereoscopic Film Company

Encore Pictures

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Cast

Langley Barnes

Bert Lytell

Christine Garth

Lillian Rich

Doris Barnes

Gertrude Astor

Stikeen Harry

Earl Metcalfe

Angus Garth

Russell Simpson

Annette Garth

Ynez Seabury

Churchill

Cyril Chadwick

Hensley

Jean Perry

Durgin

Pete Mauer

Atlin

William Miller

Radio Operator

John Irwin

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