The Ice Flood

{{short description|1926 film by George B. Seitz}}

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{{infobox film

| name = The Ice Flood

| image = The Ice Flood 1926.jpg

| caption = 1926 theatrical poster

| director = George B. Seitz

| producer = Carl Laemmle

| based_on = {{based on|The Brute Breaker (novelette)|Johnston McCulley}}

| screenplay = James O. Spearing
George Seitz
Gladys Lehman

| starring = Kenneth Harlan
Viola Dana

| cinematography = Merritt B. Gerstad

| editing = Raymond Curtiss
Maurice Pivar (sup. editor)

| distributor = Universal Pictures

| released = {{film date|1926|10|02}}

| runtime = 6 reels; (5,747 feet)

| country = United States

| language = Silent (English intertitles)

}}

The Ice Flood is a 1926 American silent northwoods drama film produced and distributed by Universal Pictures. It was directed by George Seitz and starred Kenneth Harlan and Viola Dana. A complete, though poor quality copy, exists and has been distributed by the Grapevine company in Arizona.[http://www.silentera.com/PSFL/data/I/IceFlood1926.html Progressive Silent Film List: The Ice Flood] at silentera.com[https://web.archive.org/web/20150920055855/http://www.afi.com/members/catalog/DetailView.aspx?s=&Movie=9878 The AFI Catalog of Feature Films: The Ice Flood](Wayback)

This film is also held by the Library of Congress.Catalog of Holdings The American Film Institute Collection and The United Artists Collection at The Library of Congress, p.86, c.1978, American Film Institute[https://memory.loc.gov/diglib/ihas/loc.mbrs.sfdb.1937/default.html The Library of Congress American Silent Feature Film Survival Catalog: The Ice Flood]

Plot

{{No plot|date=January 2024}}

Cast

rest of cast

  • Norman Deming as Dumb Danny
  • Billy Kent Schaefer as Billy
  • Walter Brennan as Lumberjack (uncredited)

Production

Filming took place in Klamath Falls, Oregon.{{cite web

| url=http://library.state.or.us/repository/2015/201505210910074/2015.pdf

| title=Filmed in Oregon 1908-2015

| work=Oregon Film Council

| publisher=Oregon State Library

| accessdate=December 27, 2015}}

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