Nell Shipman on the way to publicity appearances for her film, "The Grub-Stake." Her sled dogs Tex and Lady are in the background; the man with her is not identified. Shipman described the scene in her autobiography, "The Silent Screen & My...
Actor Hugh Thompson (as Jeb, Faith Diggs' romantic interest) comes to rescue Faith (Nell Shipman) from the clutches of the villain Mark Leroy (portrayed by Alfred Allen) in a scene from "The Grub-Stake."
Filming a scene in "The Grub-Stake." Actors Nell Shipman (as Faith Diggs) and Hugh Thompson (as Jeb, her romantic interest) are at center, in the scene.
Nell Shipman hugs the cliff (at left) during the filming of a scene in "The Grub-Stake." Cinematographer Joseph B. Walker described the scene in his memoir, "The Light on Her Face" (1984): "Nell Shipman emotes, assistant cameraman Clif Maupin...
Actors Nell Shipman (as Faith Diggs), Lillian Leighton (as Dawson Kate), and George Berrell (as Malamute Mike), with a fourth unidentified actor, in a scene from "The Grub-Stake."
The actor Walt Whitman (1859-1928), who appeared in more than sixty films between 1915 and 1924, portraying Nell Shipman's father, the Skipper, in "The Grub-Stake."
