Snowed In (serial)

{{Infobox film

| name = Snowed In

| image = Snowed In lobby card 2.jpg

| caption = Lobby card for Chapter 9

| director = Spencer Gordon Bennet (credited as Spencer G. Bennet)

| producer =

| writer = Frank Leon Smith (story, scenario)

| starring = Allene Ray
Walter Miller

| cinematography = Linwood G. Dunn

| editing =

| studio = Pathé Exchange

| distributor = Pathé Exchange Inc.

| released = {{film date|1926|07|04}}

| runtime = 10 episodes

| country = United States

| language = Silent (English intertitles)

}}

Snowed In is a 1926 American silent drama film serial in 10 episodes/chapters. Directed by Spencer Gordon Bennet, the film stars Allene Ray and Walter Miller. Aviation film historian James H. Farmer considered Snowed In as an "above average serial of the period."{{TOC limit|limit=2}}

Plot

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David Sheridan (Walter Miller), a forest ranger who teams up with Shirley Kane (Allene Ray), an adventuress to go up against a gang of bandits. The gang is controlled by the mysterious Charles Redfield, whom none of the bandits have ever actually seen.

A number of airmail robberies has taken place, and J.B. Swinnerton (Frank Austin), an airmail pilot is being blamed. Forest ranger Sheridan is out to prove who is really behind the series of spectacular armed robberies.

When all the protagonists are cut off from the outside world by a blizzard, the immense forces of nature force everyone to find a way to survive.

Chapter titles

Storm Warnings
The Storm Starts
The Coming of Redfield
Redfield Strikes
Buried
The Enemy's Stronghold
The Trap
Thieves' Honor
Daybreak
The End of Redfield

Cast

Allene Ray as Shirley Kane
Walter Miller as David Sheridan
Frank Austin as J.B. Swinnerton
Tom London as U.S. Marshal Thayer (credited as Leonard Clapham)
Harry Martell as Dr. Byrd (credited as Harrison Martell)
Charles West as Harron
J.F. McCullough as Howard Kane
Wally Oettel
John Webb Dillion
Natalie Warfield
Ben Walker
Bert Appling
George Magrill
Albert Kingsley

Production

Filming for Snowed In took place in and around McCall, Idaho, in the Payette National Forest. Aircraft were staged out of McCall Municipal Airport in Valley County, Idaho.Farmer 1984, p. 328.

Reception

Aviation film historian Michael Paris in From the Wright Brothers to Top Gun: Aviation, Nationalism, and Popular Cinema compared Snowed In to other films that dealt with the airmail pilots who operated in Western United States.Rowan 2015, p. 141. He listed The Air Mail (1925) and Flying High (1926),The Flying Mail (1926), Wolves of the Air (1927), and Pirates of the Sky (1927) that were also examples of the sub-genre of the "modern western adventure" that often had heroes mounted on aircraft, not horses.Paris 1995, p. 64.{{#tag:ref|Pathé Exchange's Snowed In was a "profitable" serial.|group=N}}

Preservation status

Snowed In is now considered to be a lost film.[http://www.silentera.com/PSFL/data/S/SnowedIn1926.html Progressive Silent Film List: Snowed In]. silentera.com, December 9, 2017. Retrieved: July 28, 2019.

References

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=Bibliography=

Farmer, James H. Celluloid Wings: The Impact of Movies on Aviation. Blue Ridge Summit, Pennsylvania: Tab Books Inc., 1984. {{ISBN|978-0-83062-374-7}}.
Paris, Michael. From the Wright Brothers to Top Gun: Aviation, Nationalism, and Popular Cinema. Manchester, UK: Manchester University Press, 1995. {{ISBN|978-0-7190-4074-0}}.
Rowan, Terry. The American Western: A Complete Film Guide. Morrisville, North Carolina: LuLu.com, 2015. {{ISBN|978-1-30041-858-0}}.