King Spruce

A stern, slow old-fashioned woodland drama of pride and cruelty, heavy with timber-camp grit and a brooding sense of consequence.

Directed by

Roy Clements

Genres

Drama

Starring

Mitchell Lewis, Melbourne MacDowell, Mignon Anderson

Tagline

A Gripping Drama of Life in the Maine Woods

Overview

"King Spruce" is personified in John Barrett, lumber magnate of the North woods. His domineering character is shown when his daughter Elva falls in love with a school teacher, Dwight Wade. Barrett conspires with his foreman, McLeod, to entice Wade away to the lumber camps, and finally decides to accompany the gang of men himself. He starts in to eject and burn out all "skeeters" who have settled on the land without domiciliary rights. Wade has shown his fighting blood by thrashing McLeod for an act of cruelty, and he now vainly opposes Barrett from motives of humanity. From the first shack burned emerges a wild girl, Kate Arden, who sets the forest afire in revenge.

How it feels

Dark, earnest, melancholic and tense. Measured and needs your attention.

About

Power, class, love, revenge

Content

Mild violence. No gore, sexual content or swearing.

Note

Written by AI, so it can be wrong. Full breakdown

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