The Spoilers (1914 film)


The Spoilers is a film directed by Colin Campbell. The film is set in Nome, Alaska during the 1898 Gold Rush, with William Farnum as Roy Glennister, Kathlyn Williams as Cherry Malotte, and Tom Santschi as Alex McNamara. The film culminates in a spectacular saloon fistfight between Glennister and McNamara. In 1916, an expanded version was released, running 110 minutes.
The film was adapted to screen by Lanier Bartlett from the Rex Beach novel of the same name. The film was remade in 1923, 1930, 1942, and 1955. All of the films feature a lengthy, intense fight sequence.

Cast

The film exists in the Raymond Rohauer collection in an incomplete print.