God's Crucible (1921 film)

The Foreigner
Directed by	Henry MacRae
Screenplay by	Faith Green Ralph Connor (novel)
Starring	Gaston Glass Gladys Coburn Wilton Lackaye
Cinematography	William James Craft William Thornley
Production company	Winnipeg Productions
Distributed by	W. W. Hodkinson Corporation
Release dates	September 25, 1921 (1921-09-25) (USA) April 20, 1922 (1922-04-20) (Canada)

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God's Crucible (also known as The Foreigner) is a lost^[1] 1921 Canadian silent religious melodrama directed by Henry MacRae and written by Faith Green, based on a Ralph Connor novel called The Foreigner. The film was narrated by Ernest Shipman.^[2]

Plot

A young political refugee flees to Winnipeg to escape Russian enemies, where his resolve is tested in the snow-capped mountains, his violin his only company. Eventually, he is rewarded for toughing it out.^[3]

Cast

• Gaston Glass as Ivan Kalmar
• Gladys Coburn as Marjorie Menzies
• Wilton Lackaye as Michael Kalmar
• Edna Shipman as Irma Kalmar
• Anne Sutherland as Kalmars' Servant
• Frances Eldridge as Hope French or Margaret

Production

The film was shot in and around Winnipeg.^[4][5]

References

1. The Library of Congress/FIAF American Silent Feature Film Survival Catalog:God's Crucible
2. The AFI Catalog of Feature Films 1893-1993:God's Crucible
3. "28 Oct 1922, 8 - Wisconsin State Journal at Newspapers.com". Newspapers.com. Retrieved February 3, 2019.
4. "21 Aug 1923, 11 - The Victoria Daily Times at Newspapers.com". Newspapers.com. Retrieved February 3, 2019.
5. Morris, Oeter (1992). Embattled Shadows: A History of Canadian Cinema, 1895-1939. McGill-Queen's University Press. pp. 112–113. ISBN 978-0-7735-6072-7.

External links

• God's Crucible at IMDb