In the Tentacles of the North is a 1926 American silent adventure film directed by Louis Chaudet and starring Gaston Glass, Alice Calhoun and Joseph W. Girard. Two ships, on a journey lead by Captin Van Horn, become trapped in ice in the Arctic Ocean. The crews have to abandon their cargo from whaling, and go out searching for a group of migrating eskimos. This is their only chance at survival. It was based on a story by James Oliver Curwood. Cast Gaston Glass as Francis Wainfield Alice Calhoun as Rac Brown Joseph W. Girard as Dan Blake Alan Roscoe as Capt. Van Horn Al Ferguson as Cole T. Hohai as Eskimo Chief Frank Baker as First Mate References Bibliography Munden, Kenneth White. The American Film Institute Catalog of Motion Pictures Produced in the United States, Part 1. University of California Press, 1997. cinema, PELICULAS MUDAS / Silent. “In the Tentacles of the North (1926, EE. UU.), Louis Chaudet.” YouTube, YouTube, November 29, 2017, www.youtube.com/watch?v=oN91gCwdZIU. “Tentacles of the North.” IMDb, IMDb.com, www.imdb.com/title/tt0017451/?ref_=nm_knf_t3. External links 1926 films 1926 adventure films American adventure films Films directed by Louis Chaudet American silent feature films Rayart Pictures films Seafaring films American black-and-white films Films set in the Arctic Films based on works by James Oliver Curwood 1920s English-language films 1920s American films Silent adventure films