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The Soilers

Maine Silent Film Festival 2023 • 25-Nov-1923

In this parody of The Spoilers, Bob Canister strikes it rich in the Alaskan gold rush only to find himself plunged into a tumultuous battle with Smacknamara, a claim-jumper who, with the aid of the underhanded sheriff, has stolen Canister’s find.

Tags
Alaska, comedy, fight, gold, LGBT, mining, parody, short, sissy, slapstick
Cast
Stan Laurel Bob Canister
James Finlayson Smacknamara
Ena Gregory Helen
"Tonnage” Martin Wolfkeil The Sheriff
Billy Engle Prospector
Eddie Baker Prospector
Jack Gavin Prospector
Jack Ackroyd Henchmen
Marvin Loback Henchmen
George Rowe Man in Saloon
Mae Laurel Woman in Saloon
Crew
Ralph Cedar director
Gilbert “Broncho Billy” Anderson producer
Hal Roach producer
Hal Conklin writer
H.M. Walker writer
Clarence Hennecke other
Thomas J. Crizer editor

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