The Spoilers (1914 film)

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The Spoilers is a 1914 movie set in Nome, Alaska during the 1898 Gold Rush, with William Farnum as Roy Glennister, Kathlyn Williams as Cherry Malotte, and Tom Santschi as Alex McNamara. The film culminates in a spectacular saloon fistfight between Glennister and McNamara. Based on the Rex Beach novel and directed by Colin Campbell, the film was remade in 1923 (with Noah Beery as McNamara), 1930 (with Gary Cooper as Glennister), 1942 (with John Wayne as Glennister and Marlene Dietrich as Malotte), and 1955.