The Trail of '98

The Trail of '98
Theatrical poster
Directed byClarence Brown
Written byJoseph Farnham
Benjamin Glazer
Waldemar Young
Based onnovel The Trail of '98
by Robert W. Service
Produced byClarence Brown
StarringDolores del Río
Ralph Forbes
Karl Dane
Harry Carey
CinematographyJohn F. Seitz
Edited byGeorge Hively
Music byWilliam Axt (uncredited)
David Mendoza (uncredited)
Distributed byMetro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Release date
  • March 20, 1928 (1928-03-20)
Running time
87 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguagesSound (Synchronized)
English Intertitles
Budget$1.5m[1]
Box office$1.6m[1]

The Trail of '98 is a 1928 American synchronized sound action-adventure/drama film featuring Harry Carey and Dolores del Río about the Klondike Gold Rush. While the film has no audible dialog, it was released with a synchronized musical score, with sound effects using both the sound-on-disc and sound-on-film process. The film was originally released by MGM in a short-lived widescreen process called "Fantom Screen".[2] The film is based on the 1910 novel of the same name, written by Robert W. Service.

  1. ^ a b The Eddie Mannix Ledger, Los Angeles, California: Margaret Herrick Library, Center for Motion Picture Study.
  2. ^ "Progressive Silent Film List: The Trail of '98". Silent Era. Retrieved March 29, 2008.