The Spoilers (1923 film)

The Spoilers
	Film still
Directed by	Lambert Hillyer
Produced by	Jesse D. Hampton
Written by	Elliott J. Clawson
Based on	The Spoilers; by Rex Beach
Starring	Milton Sills; Anna Q. Nilsson; Noah Beery, Sr.
Cinematography	John Stumar; Dwight Warren
Production; company	Jesse D. Hampton Productions
Distributed by	Goldwyn Pictures
Release date	August 5, 1923;
Running time	80 minutes; 8,020 feet
Country	United States
Language	Silent (English intertitles)

The Spoilers is a 1923 American silent drama film directed by Lambert Hillyer. It is set in Nome, Alaska during the 1898 Gold Rush, with Milton Sills as Roy Glennister, Anna Q. Nilsson as Cherry Malotte, and Noah Beery as Alex McNamara. The film culminates in a saloon fistfight between Glennister and McNamara.

The Spoilers was adapted to screen by Elliott J. Clawson from the 1906 Rex Beach novel of the same name. Film versions also appeared in 1914, 1930 (with Gary Cooper as Glennister), 1942 (with John Wayne as Glennister, Marlene Dietrich as Malotte, and Randolph Scott as McNamara), and finally in 1955.[1]

The character of Cherry Malotte also appears in Beach's The Silver Horde.

Cast

A print of The Spoilers is maintained in the film archives at Gosfilmofond in Moscow and the Centre National du Cinéma at Fort de Bois-d'Arcy.[2]

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