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Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Binding: DVD
Brand: Koch International
EAN: 0785604211990
Format: Color, DVD-Video, Original recording remastered, NTSC
Label: Roan Archival Group
Manufacturer: Roan Archival Group
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: Roan Archival Group
Release Date: April 04, 2006
Running Time: 90 minutes
Sales Rank: 91002
Studio: Roan Archival Group
Theatrical Release Date: October 25, 1930
Editorial Review:
Description:
An early masterpiece, The Silver Horde was released in 1930, the first year of 'talkie' films in Hollywood. Struggling against immense local opposition by pursuing the silver horde, celebrated schools of salmon which swarm beyond Alaskan shores, Boyd Emerson (Joel McCrea) and his ruthless rival in the Yukon salmon fisheries, Frederick Marsh (Gavin Gordon) battle for control of the flourishing fishing industry and the affections of wealthy society gal, Mildred Wayland (Jean Arthur).
Customer Reviews
Average Rating: 
Rating:  - Dated
I was surprised at the high ratings the other reviewers gave this movie but after reading them I see we don't dissent that much.
It's true the movie has great production values and interesting docu-style scenes, but it's mostly a curio, and for 30's fanatics only.
I consider myself in love with pre-code movies, but that doesn't mean I'll swallow anything, and this one really didn't deliver for me. It's slow, boring, not any fun.
If I'm being a little too hard, maybe it's because ... Read More
Rating:  - Been here seen that!!!
I am a tour guide here in Ketchikan, AK. One of the tours I do is the "George Inlet Cannery". This cannery is historical and was where Grandpa Libby (Libby's Foods) got his start. It is the cannery in the movie SILVER HORDE. I wasn't completly aware of this but was told so by some old timers. I got the movie and watched it and sure enough it was filmed here.
The cannery looks almost the same from the outside, this website http://www.capefoxtours.com/canneryphotos.html has some old photos ... Read More
Rating:  - GOOD EARLY TALKIE ADVENTURE.
It's rough-and-ready action set against the background of Alaskan salmon fishing. McCrea, in his first he-man part, is fighting both for control of a fishery as well as control of his love life. Dance hall floozy Evelyn Brent helps the macho man defeat Gavin Gordon, who plays Fred Marsh, a villainous competitor. Brent proves to be the real lady for him, not the high class Mildred Wayland (Jean Arthur). It's a fair piece of early talking cinema which works as well as can be expected. The scenes showing ... Read More
Rating:  - Entertaining Adventure yarn
Thanks to Amazon I had the chance to watch a movie, not even listed in Maltin's Movie Guide, a real rarity. The vhs copy is ok, considering its age, and the plotline is entertaining indeed. You have silent movie star, Evelyn Brent, in the leading role, as the tough , hard-boiled, Cherry Malotte, so perfect for the role, that makes you wonder why didn't she achieve greatest stardom in the talkies. Physically speaking she resemebles ingenue Frances Dee (Joel McCrea's wife since 1933), but her screen persona ... Read More
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