Lewis Frissell 1903 – 1931 as shown on the DCB web site.
Toronto. My good friend George Dunbar noticed this article on the late Lewis Frissell while browsing the Dictionary of Canadian Biography website. While Frissell was born in NYC, his thirst for adventure and doing something meaningful with his life brought him to Labrador and Newfoundland.
Both an author and a movie maker, his efforts to augment the scenes in the movie “White Thunder” prompted him to hire a ship out of St John’s, NL (the movie was also titled “The Vikings”, etc.). Sadly the ship exploded near the Horse Islands, Newfoundland and Frissell at 27 years of age was one of the people killed in the massive blast.
My thanks to George for noting this story of early Canadian movies and sharing the link with us.
