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1915Thanhouser CompanyOne reelWestern

Tracked Through the Snow

No copy you can watch online. No print is known to survive. What follows is what does: the release, the cast, the story, and what the trade press said at the time.

The story

“Grandfather Tom has bad luck with his claim but is too proud to ask the boys for help. Doris, five years old, promises not to let anybody know how poor they are. Five hundred dollars reward is offered for the capture of Rick and Dick, outlaws. The sheriff and his posse are on the right trail when, suddenly, they lose it in the falling snow in the mountains. Meanwhile, the fugitives arrive at Grandfather Tom’s cabin and force the old man to take them in and give them food. Doris writes a note and fastens it in the long, shaggy hair of her dog, ‘Jip,’ which the sheriff has given her. Then she lets Jip out in the snow. He runs straight to the sheriff’s house. The posse soon surrounds the cottage, taking the outlaws prisoners. The old miner receives the reward.”

Summary from Reel Life · 10 July 1915

What the papers said

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“This is an enjoyable picture of Western atmosphere with Riley Chamberlin, Helen Badgley, Boyd Marshall, Ernest Warde, and John Lehnberg in the principal roles. It presents the story of an old miner who is down on his luck and too proud to accept favors from his associates. During the pursuit of a couple of bandits by the sheriff’s posse they …

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“This is an enjoyable picture of Western atmosphere with Riley Chamberlin, Helen Badgley, Boyd Marshall, Ernest Warde, and John Lehnberg in the principal roles. It presents the story of an old miner who is down on his luck and too proud to accept favors from his associates. During the pursuit of a couple of bandits by the sheriff’s posse they take refuge in his cabin, forcing him at the point of the revolver to give them food. His little grandchild, by tying a paper with a message to the sheriff to the dog’s collar, eventually wins the $500 reward offered for the capture of the bandits.”

The Moving Picture World · 24 July 1915

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3 July 1915Reel Life1 min

“It’s a drama, but it will keep you cool—there’s a furious, raging blizzard in it! Snow in July is welcome and there’s mountains of it here. Little Baby Badgley plays the lead, aided by a whopping big, shaggy bow-wow! And the regular Thanhouser favorites—Boyd Marshall, John Lehnberg, and some more.”

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Cast and crew

Cast
Boyd Marshall as Dick, an outlaw
Ernest C. Warde as Rick, another outlaw
Helen Badgley as Doris: “Little Helen Badgley stars in her first Western role”
John Lehnberg as the sheriff
Riley Chamberlin as Grandfather Tom

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More about this film

From Volume II: Filmography of Q. David Bowers’ Thanhouser Films: An Encyclopedia and History, reproduced with permission and unchanged. Read the history of 1915 →

Cite as: Bowers, Q. David. Thanhouser Films: An Encyclopedia and History, “Tracked Through the Snow”. thanhouser.org/films/tracked-through-the-snow/

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