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[[File:epic%20adv%20mpw.jpg|left|thumb||Courtesy of Terry Harbin]]
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[[File:Great White Poster.jpg|right|thumb|400px||Courtesy of Terry Harbin]]
The Great White Trail was a 1917 [[silent%20films|silent film]] starring [[Doris%20Kenyon|Doris Kenyon]] made by the Wharton Brothers Studio of Ithaca. New York. Due to a shortage of snow that year in Ithaca, much of the film was shot in Saranac Lake at [[Caribou%20Bill|Caribou Bill]]'s studio near [[Ampersand%20Bay|Ampersand Bay]] on [[Lower%20Saranac%20Lake|Lower Saranac Lake]].
The Great White Trail was a 1917 [[silent film]] starring [[Doris Kenyon]] made by the Wharton Brothers Studio of Ithaca. New York. Due to a shortage of snow that year in Ithaca, much of the film was shot in Saranac Lake at [[Caribou Bill|Caribou Bill]]'s studio near [[Ampersand Bay]] on [[Lower Saranac Lake]].
Some scenes from the film are on You Tube [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gu1fM5uk9ZQ|here]]. The scenes filmed in Saranac Lake start at about 8:38.
Some scenes from the film are on You Tube [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gu1fM5uk9ZQ here]. The scenes filmed in Saranac Lake start at about 8:38.
Photographs courtesy of Terry Harbin, [[http://www.ithacamademovies.com/Movies/greatwhitetrail/|Ithaca Made Movies]].
Photographs courtesy of Terry Harbin, [http://www.ithacamademovies.com/Movies/greatwhitetrail/ Ithaca Made Movies].
[[File:stewart%20gordon%20kenyon%20in%20sled%202.jpg|left|thumb||The Great White Trail with Caribou Bills dog sled team at his local Saranac Lake village. F.W. Stewart, Paul Gordon and [[Doris%20Kenyon|Doris Kenyon ]]]]
[[File:stewart gordon kenyon in sled 2.jpg|left|thumb|400px||The Great White Trail with Caribou Bills dog sled team at his local Saranac Lake village. F.W. Stewart, Paul Gordon and [[Doris Kenyon|Doris Kenyon ]]]]
[[File:horse%20drawn%20sleigh%202.jpg|right|thumb||Horse-drawn sleigh Saranac Lake, center is film producer Theodore W. Wharton to his left are Peggy Snow and Doris Kenyon. circa. March 1917]]
[[File:horse drawn sleigh 2.jpg|right|thumb|450x450px|Horse-drawn sleigh Saranac Lake, center is film producer Theodore W. Wharton to his left are Peggy Snow and Doris Kenyon. circa. March 1917]]
[[File:kenyon%20gordon%20snowballs.jpg|left|thumb||Paul Gordon and Doris Kenyon]]
[[File:kenyon gordon snowballs.jpg|left|thumb|400px||Paul Gordon and Doris Kenyon]]
[[File:kenyon%20in%20caribou%20bills%20village.jpg|right|thumb||Doris Kenyon in Caribou Bill's village with many local extras taking part in the filming.]]
[[File:kenyon in caribou bills village.jpg|right|thumb|452x452px|Doris Kenyon in Caribou Bill's village with many local extras taking part in the filming.]]
[[File:missing%20fire%20scene.jpg|left|thumb||Missing fire scene, not in the film, where Leo Whartons wife Bessie Wharton has her real fur coat burned up in the staged burning of the dance hall.]]
[[File:missing fire scene.jpg|left|thumb|400px||Missing fire scene, not in the film, where Leo Whartons wife Bessie Wharton has her real fur coat burned up in the staged burning of the dance hall.]]
[[File:outside%20tavern%20cast.jpg|right|thumb||Outside the Dance Hall, at Caribou Bills village, left is Mame Hennesey, center is F.W. "Dick" Stewart as the vulture of the trail.]]
[[File:outside tavern cast.jpg|right|thumb|451x451px|Outside the Dance Hall, at Caribou Bills village, left is Mame Hennesey, center is F.W. "Dick" Stewart as the vulture of the trail.]]
[[File:paul%20gordon%20in%20line.jpg|left|thumb||Paul Gordon gets a letter at the Post Office located in Caribou Bills village for the 1917 silent film "The Great White Trail" local residents of Saranac Lake are performing naturally in this scene.]]
[[File:paul gordon in line.jpg|left|thumb|400px||Paul Gordon gets a letter at the Post Office located in Caribou Bills village for the 1917 silent film "The Great White Trail" local residents of Saranac Lake are performing naturally in this scene.]]
[[File:paul%20gordon.jpg|right|thumb||Paul Gordon, gets ready to film another scene nearby Caribou Bills Saranac Lake village.]]
[[File:paul gordon.jpg|right|thumb|449x449px|Paul Gordon, gets ready to film another scene nearby Caribou Bills Saranac Lake village.]]
[[File:peggy%20snow%20stewart%20extras.jpg|left|thumb||left is producer/director Ted Wharton next to him is William "Caribou Bill" Cooper on the right is Peggy Snow on location at beautiful Saranac Lake New York. circa 1917.]]
[[File:peggy snow stewart extras.jpg|left|thumb|400px||left is producer/director Ted Wharton next to him is William "Caribou Bill" Cooper on the right is Peggy Snow on location at beautiful Saranac Lake New York. circa 1917.]]
[[File:snow%20in%20stewarts%20face.jpg|right|thumb||Thomas Holding throws snow into F. W. Stewart's face while local extras look on.]]
[[File:snow in stewarts face.jpg|right|thumb|450x450px|Thomas Holding throws snow into F. W. Stewart's face while local extras look on.]]
[[File:village%20scene.jpg|left|thumb||A scene on the set of the Arctic village]]
[[File:village scene.jpg|left|thumb|400px||A scene on the set of the Arctic village]]
[[File:thomas%20holding%20with%20dog%202.jpg|right|thumb||Thomas Holding, as the Reverend Arthur Dean with Caribou Bills sled dogs.]]
[[File:thomas holding with dog 2.jpg|right|thumb|449x449px|Thomas Holding, as the Reverend Arthur Dean with Caribou Bills sled dogs.]]
[[File:doris outside bar.jpg|left|thumb|Peggy Snow, Dick Stewart and Doris Kenyon outside one of the structures located in Caribou Bills Alaskan village studio sets.|401x401px]]
[[File:doris sister gordon kenyon sled.jpg|right|thumb|451x451px|Peggy Snow, Paul Gordon, Doris Kenyon on location at Lower Saranac Lake]]
[[File:doris%20outside%20bar.jpg|left|thumb||Peggy Snow, Dick Stewart and Doris Kenyon outside one of the structures located in Caribou Bills Alaskan village studio sets.]]
[[File:doris with buster.jpg|left|thumb|400px|Doris Kenyon with Buster during a break from filming of "The Great White Trail"]]
[[File:doris%20sister%20gordon%20kenyon%20sled.jpg|right|thumb||Peggy Snow, Paul Gordon, Doris Kenyon on location at Lower Saranac Lake]]
[[File:doris with sled dogs.jpg|right|thumb|450x450px|Doris Kenyon with the sled dogs at Caribou Bills village Saranac Lake.]]
[[File:doris%20with%20buster.jpg|left|thumb||Doris Kenyon with Buster during a break from filming of "The Great White Trail"]]
[[File:doris with snow shoes.jpg|left|thumb|400px|Doris Kenyon at Saranac Lake 1917]]
[[File:doris%20with%20sled%20dogs.jpg|right|thumb||Doris Kenyon with the sled dogs at Caribou Bills village Saranac Lake.]]
[[File:doris kenyon at saranac 3.JPG|thumb|450x450px]]
[[File:doris%20with%20snow%20shoes.jpg|left|thumb||Doris Kenyon at Saranac Lake 1917]]
[[File:doris nice portrait.jpg|thumb|400px|left]]
[[File:doris%20nice%20portrait.jpg|right|]]]]
[[File:doris kenyon ray june.jpg|thumb|450px|Doris Kenyon and Wharton cameraman Raymond June during a break in the filming.]]
[[File:doris%20kenyon%20ray%20june.jpg|thumb||Doris Kenyon and Wharton cameraman Raymond June during a break in the filming.]]
<br>[[File:doris%20ray%20june%20camera.jpg|doris%20ray%20june%20camera.jpg]]Wharton cameraman Ray June shows actress Doris Kenyon how the camera works.
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The Great White Trail was a 1917 silent film starring Doris Kenyon made by the Wharton Brothers Studio of Ithaca. New York. Due to a shortage of snow that year in Ithaca, much of the film was shot in Saranac Lake at Caribou Bill's studio near Ampersand Bay on Lower Saranac Lake.
Some scenes from the film are on You Tube here. The scenes filmed in Saranac Lake start at about 8:38.
The Great White Trail with Caribou Bills dog sled team at his local Saranac Lake village. F.W. Stewart, Paul Gordon and Doris Kenyon Horse-drawn sleigh Saranac Lake, center is film producer Theodore W. Wharton to his left are Peggy Snow and Doris Kenyon. circa. March 1917Paul Gordon and Doris KenyonDoris Kenyon in Caribou Bill's village with many local extras taking part in the filming.Missing fire scene, not in the film, where Leo Whartons wife Bessie Wharton has her real fur coat burned up in the staged burning of the dance hall.Outside the Dance Hall, at Caribou Bills village, left is Mame Hennesey, center is F.W. "Dick" Stewart as the vulture of the trail.Paul Gordon gets a letter at the Post Office located in Caribou Bills village for the 1917 silent film "The Great White Trail" local residents of Saranac Lake are performing naturally in this scene.Paul Gordon, gets ready to film another scene nearby Caribou Bills Saranac Lake village.left is producer/director Ted Wharton next to him is William "Caribou Bill" Cooper on the right is Peggy Snow on location at beautiful Saranac Lake New York. circa 1917.Thomas Holding throws snow into F. W. Stewart's face while local extras look on.A scene on the set of the Arctic villageThomas Holding, as the Reverend Arthur Dean with Caribou Bills sled dogs.Peggy Snow, Dick Stewart and Doris Kenyon outside one of the structures located in Caribou Bills Alaskan village studio sets.Peggy Snow, Paul Gordon, Doris Kenyon on location at Lower Saranac LakeDoris Kenyon with Buster during a break from filming of "The Great White Trail"Doris Kenyon with the sled dogs at Caribou Bills village Saranac Lake.Doris Kenyon at Saranac Lake 1917Doris Kenyon and Wharton cameraman Raymond June during a break in the filming.Wharton cameraman Ray June shows actress Doris Kenyon how the camera works.
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