Review by wes-connors

After obtaining an Oxford degree, all-American poet Kenneth Harlan (as Jack DeQuincy) is dispatched by his wealthy father to the family's lumber company in the US' great northwest. Undercover and out to prove himself worthy, Mr. Harlan discovers the lumber camp dominated by stupid drunken bullies. Harlan clashes with dumb bully leader Frank Hagney (as Pete) and catches the eye of superintendent's daughter Viola Dana (as Marie O'Neill). The former gets the latter in dire straits, and Harlan must come to her rescue. Heart-tugging crippled waif Billy Kent Schaefer (as Billy) is also threatened. "The Ice Flood" that climaxes the film is a pale imitation of the one in "Way Down East" (1920); the story preceding it is fairly dumb. Those familiar with Walter Brennan will be able to easily spot him at the lumberjacks' dance, in one of his earliest film appearances.

**** The Ice Flood (10/2/26) George B. Seitz ~ Kenneth Harlan, Viola Dana, Frank Hagney, Billy Kent Schaefer