As described in a film magazine review,[3] the theater troupe of which Lou Lorraine is leading dancer is successful in South America, but she urges her husband Jim to leave there for the sake of their two-year-old boy named after his father, Jim. One day, a man nicknamed "Dangerous Dan" McGrew offers to put Lou on the New York City stage. He worsts Jim in a fight and Lou runs away with him. She swears on staying faithful to her husband, promising to earn money so Jim and her son can come to New York. Jim takes his son to New York, encounters McGrew, who escapes from him. Lou and McGrew go to Alaska where she becomes a decoy in the Malamute saloon. Jim learns that Lou was duped by her abductor. He follows them to the Klondike, shoots and kills McGrew, and husband, wife, and child are reunited.
^Pardy, George T. (April 19, 1924). "Box Office Reviews: The Shooting of Dan McGrew". Exhibitors Trade Review. New York, NY: Exhibitors Review Publishing Corporation: 20. Retrieved November 18, 2022. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
^"Shooting Of Dan Mcgrew". American Silent Feature Film Survival Database. October 26, 2017. Retrieved November 18, 2022.
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