The Chechahcos
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Genre Adventure, Drama Director Lewis H. Moomaw Screenplay Harvey Gates | 6.8/10 IMDb Duration Running time 1h 27m Story by Lewis H. Moomaw | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Writer Lewis H. Moomaw (story) Initial release May 12, 1924 (New York City) Cast William Dills ('Horseshoe' Riley), Albert Van Antwerp (Bob Dexter), Eva Gordon (Margaret Stanlaw)Similar movies Stark Love (1927), Smart Alecks (1942), Mr Wise Guy (1942), The Corpse Vanishes (1942), The Terror (1928) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
The Chechahcos is a 1924 silent film about the gold rush days in the Klondike. Chechahco, more commonly spelled cheechako, is a Chinook Jargon word for "newcomer", and the film focuses on a group of would-be prospectors sailing for Alaska.
The film was directed by Lewis H. Moomaw and produced by Austin E. Lathrop, who himself was once a prospector.
In 2003, this film was deemed "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant" by the United States Library of Congress and selected for preservation in the National Film Registry.
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