The original manic pixie dream girl has a dark side — and a husband with a shotgun.
A sexy young manicurist living with her older backwoodsman husband in a small Canadian town finds herself attracted to a young, rich and famous divorce lawyer who comes to town on vacation.
Acting
Clara Bow's eyes do more talking than intertitles ever could.
Direction
Fleming crafts real wilderness danger before Oz and Gable.
Director
Victor Fleming
Clara Bow
Alverna
Ernest Torrence
Joe Easter
Percy Marmont
Ralph Prescott
Eugene Pallette
E. Wesson Woodbury
Tom Kennedy
Curly Evans
Josephine Crowell
Mrs. McGavity
William Orlamond
Mr. McGavity
Charles Stevens
Lawrence Jackfish
Miss DuPont
Mrs. Barker
Chief John Big Tree
Indian (uncredited)
Ed Brady
Trapper (uncredited)
Lon Poff
Minister (uncredited)
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Clara Bow was Hollywood's original 'It Girl' — this film literally weaponized her screen presence as a narrative force.
Victor Fleming would later direct both The Wizard of Oz and Gone With the Wind — you can see his knack for visual spectacle in the wilderness sequences here.
US
