Acting
Gertie Feuz
Place of birth
Switzerland
Known for
Acting
Credits
2 titles
Gertie Feuz Marrs was born in Switzerland in 1910 and came with her family to Canada in 1912. Gertie’s father was Edward Feuz, one of the original Swiss Guides brought to Canada by the Canadian Pacific Railway. The family occupied the house that, in the most recent years, is known as Walter Feuz’s house for two or three years, but when Gertie started school, the family moved off Edelweiss Hill to take residence in their own place, where the Brookside Motel is today. Gertie and other children in that area had to walk to school during a time when plows were nearly unheard of. Gertie attended Lady Grey School, and when she had completed high school, she went to Vancouver to Business College.…
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NRWilliam J. Oliver filmed the ascent of Mount Tupper in the Glacier National Park by the famous Swiss mountain guide Edward Feuz accompanied by his daughter and another man. The party of three climb roped up to a height of 7000 feet.From there, the two men continue without the woman to face the final part of the climb, 'a naked shaft of rock rising sheer and high'. The two men finally reach the summit and later, on the descent, they meet the woman, who was still waiting for them. The film was sonorized and re-released in 1934 under the title of 'The game is up'. The film was produced by the National Parks of Canada to promote tourism travel to the Canadian Rockies.
Climbing Mount Tupper
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NRSound version of the silent picture 'Climbing Mount Tupper.' William J. Oliver filmed the ascent of Mount Tupper in the Glacier National Park by the famous Swiss mountain guide Edward Feuz accompanied by his daughter and another man. The party of three climb roped up to a height of 7000 feet.From there, the two men continue without the women to face the final part of the climb, 'a naked shaft of rock rising sheer and high'. The two men finally reach the summit and later, on the descent, they meet the woman, who is waiting for them. The film was produced by the National Parks of Canada to promote tourism travel to the Canadian Rockies.
The Game is Up
1934