The Silver Horde is a 1930 American pre-Code romantic drama film starring Joel McCrea as a fisherman torn between two women, played by top-billed Evelyn Brent and Jean Arthur.
[5] Directed by George Archainbaud from a screenplay by Wallace Smith, it is the second film adaptation of the 1909 novel of the same name by Rex Beach, which is a follow-up to his earlier novel, The Spoilers.
She explains that they have stumbled into a bitter struggle between two rival fishing groups, hers and Fred Marsh's.
She sends him, Fraser and Balt to Seattle to get a loan of $200,000 from Cherry's banker friend, Tom Hilliard, to rebuild a cannery.
When Marsh sends his men to wreck their equipment, a brawl breaks out on the water, during which the Waylands arrive on their yacht.
Marsh tells Mildred about Cherry, that she is a notorious prostitute known from Sitka to San Francisco.
When Boyd shows up, Mildred is eager to take him back, but by this time, he realizes who he truly loves.