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The Chechahcos is a 1924 silent film set during the 1897 Klondike Gold Rush. Among the many pilgrims attracted to the Great White North during the gold rush are the Stanlaw family, consisting of Professor Stanlaw, his wife Margaret, and their adorable little daughter Ruth. Also on the boat are Richard Steele, gambler and all-around bad guy, and two prospecting partners, "Horseshoe" Riley and Bob Dexter.A boiler explosion results in the boat sinking. Professor Stanlaw goes down with the ship. Margaret survives, and, believing her husband and child to be dead, she eventually becomes the kept woman of Steele the gambler. However, Ruth actually survives the sinking as well, rescued by Riley and Dexter. Riley and Dexter find out that Mrs. Stanlaw is alive, but after making some premature conclusions about her and Steele, they elect to raise the child themselves. Years go by as Ruth grows up under the protection of her adopted guardians—but fate eventually brings all the principals together again.The Chechahcos was bankrolled by an Alaskan millionaire and was made in Alaska by Alaskans. It is not only the first film to be shot on location in Alaska, it is one of the first feature films to be shot on location anywhere.
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The Mistress
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The Mistress: Margaret, with nowhere else to turn in the wilds of Alaska, becomes Steele's kept woman.
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Title Drop: Supposedly "chechahco" is a Chinook slang word for newbies in the far North.
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Poor Communication Kills
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Poor Communication Kills: Riley, who already knew that Mrs. Stanlaw was traveling with Steele, gets one look at them embracing and decides not to turn Ruth over. Margaret was only with Steele because she had nowhere else to turn, and she pushed him away, but the damage is done.
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Diabolus ex Machina
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Diabolus ex Machina: Or maybe a Deus ex Machina, as it eventually allows Dexter to escape from Steele. But just as Steele has Dexter captured, the whole town catches fire.
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I Owe You My Life
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I Owe You My Life: After Dexter pulls Pierre out of a crevasse, Pierre confesses that Steele hired him to kill Dexter. After this, Pierre considers the debt paid, and continues to work as Steele's Mook.
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Funetik Aksent
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Funetik Aksent: Pierre, the Francophone Canadian sent by Steele to kill Dexter.
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Scenery Porn
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Scenery Porn: Shot in Alaska! With scenes of ice-choked rivers, glaciers cleaving into the ocean, and Mt. McKinley.
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Gold Fever
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Gold Fever: The reason all these people are showing up in Alaska, as the opening title cards explain.
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Disney Villain Death
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Disney Villain Death: Steele goes plunging off a glacier when a chunk gives way.
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Wife Husbandry
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Wife Husbandry: Grown-up Ruth embraces Dexter, says "No longer your little girl, but your—", kisses him, and skips away. Their Inuit maid then offers to take care of any "papoose" Dexter might happen to get.
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Time Skip
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Time Skip: 12 years, until Ruth is a grown woman and Margaret is Steele's companion.
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You No Take Candle
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You No Take Candle: "Heap big talk, little do", says the Inuit woman who tends house for Riley and Dexter.
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Bond Villain Stupidity
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Bond Villain Stupidity: Steele abandons Dexter, assuming he will burn in the fire. Instead Dexter is rescued by Riley.
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Defiled Forever
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Defiled Forever: Apparently Margaret's opinion of herself after living with Steele, refusing to see Ruth even after finding out she's alive, not wanting Ruth to see her "unhappy mother".
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He-Man Woman Hater
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He-Man Woman Hater: Riley "hated two things—women were both of them." This explains why he was so quick to assume the worst about Mrs. Stanlaw.
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The Blade Always Lands Pointy End In
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The Blade Always Lands Pointy End In: Steele is pretty good at throwing knives, like when he throws one between Margaret and the scary miner who's about to rape her.
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The Chanteuse
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The Chanteuse: Margaret does this for Steele, attracting customers to his bar.
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My God, What Have I Done?
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My God, What Have I Done?: Riley has a crisis of conscience after hearing of how hard Margaret looked for little Ruth.
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Prospector
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Prospector: Two of them in Riley and Dexter, who thrive as owners of the "Golden Girl" mine named for Ruth.
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Happy Ending
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Happy Ending: Margaret and Ruth are reunited.
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