
Varick Frissell
2021The Lure of Labrador
Varick Frissell
Varick Frissell, Jim Hillier
A film that follows the exploration of the Hamilton River in Newfoundland and Labrador by Yale students Varick Frissell & Jim Hillier. Plus the discovery of what they named the Grenfell River, which was known only from Indian legends, but never previously located.
The Lure of Labrador

The Viking
George Melford, Varick Frissell
Charles Starrett, Louise Huntington
Originally called White Thunder, American producer Varick Frissell's 1931 film was inspired by his love for the Canadian Arctic Circle. Set in a beautifully black-and-white filmed Newfoundland, it is the story of a rivalry between two seal hunters that plays out on the ice floes during a hunt. Unsatisfied with the first cut, Frissell arranged for the crew to accompany an actual Newfoundland seal hunt on The SS Viking, on which an explosion of dynamite (carried regularly at the time on Arctic ships to combat ice jams) killed many members of the crew, including Frissell. The film was renamed in honor of the dead.
The Viking

ピーター・グリルと賢者の時間
George Melford, Varick Frissell
Charles Starrett, Louise Huntington
Upon winning a fighting tournament and being crowned the world’s strongest warrior, Peter Grill discovers a downside to his newfound fame. Women of all species, from ogres to elves, are scrambling over each other for his seed to ensure they have the strongest babies possible. Poor Peter just wants to settle down with his lovey dovey fiancée, but he’ll have to outmatch, outwit, and outrun a harem of very determined monster girls to do so!
Peter Grill and the Philosopher's Time
