The first movie filmed in Anchorage — 'The Girl Alaska,' shot in 1917 and released in 1919 — was a gold rush romance with a cross-dressing lead and a reliance on Alaska's natural grandeur as a narrative crutch. From historian David Reamer:
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The most notable of these non-movies filmed in early Anchorage is an educational newsreel called “Alaska Wonders in Motion.” It was released around 1917 and includes footage likely shot in the summer of 1916. Among the featured Anchorage landmarks is the Alaska Labor Union Hall log building that burned down the night of Oct. 15-16, 1916, likely arson by local anti-union elements.
Sailors soon find her and demand to know where she thought she was going. She replies, “Alaska,” and the men incomprehensibly take that as her name rather than destination. Thus renamed, she befriends another prospector bound for Alaska named Phil, who pays for her passage. Shooting for the film, originally titled “The Silent North and Number Four,” began in 1917. Smith would later promote the film with the tagline: “Every foot of ‘The Girl Alaska’ was made in Alaska.” While not true, the far majority of the film was indeed shot in Alaska. Early scenes of Molly were filmed in Pasadena, California, and some additional footage was captured in Seattle.
After their time in Anchorage, the four-person crew departed for the Interior with suggestions that they would be filming additional scenes at Fairbanks and the Aleutian Islands, though these settings are not apparent in the film. The critic praised Kruse’s “pretty screenable face and figure” that deserved “some attention with the ‘big time’ film producers.” The review also noted, “Discounting her feminine voice, which to the screen is hidden, her actions and her full form through her boy’s overall should have given her away.
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