The Isle of Lost Ships (1929 film)
The Isle of Lost Ships is a 1929 talking film released in an alternative silent version with a Vitaphone track of effects and music. It was produced by Richard A. Rowland and distributed by Warner Bros.. Irvin Willat was the director with Jason Robards, Sr. and Virginia Valli in the leads. It is based on the 1909 novel The Isle of Dead Ships by Crittenden Marriott, and is also a remake of Maurice Tourneur's now lost 1923 classic of the same name. This film is preserved at the Library of Congress.[1][2][3][4][5]
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| Directed by | Irvin Willat |
| Produced by | Richard A. Rowland |
| Written by | Fred Myton (scenario, dialogue, titles) Paul Perez (dialogue, titles) |
| Based on | The Isle of Dead Ships by Crittenden Marriott |
| Starring | Jason Robards, Sr. Virginia Valli |
| Music by | Cecil Copping Alois Reiser |
| Cinematography | Sol Polito |
| Edited by | John Rawlins |
Production company | |
| Distributed by | Warner Bros. |
Release date | November 29, 1929 |
Running time | 9 reels; 7,576 |
| Country | United States |
| Language | Silent (English intertitles) |
Cast
- Jason Robards, Sr. as Frank Howard
- Virginia Valli as Dorothy Whitlock/Renwick
- Clarissa Selwynne as Aunt Emma/Mrs. Renwick
- Noah Beery, Sr. as Captain Peter Forbes
- Robert Emmett O'Connor as Jackson
- Harry Cording as Gallagher
- Margaret Fielding as Mrs. Gallagher
- Kathrin Clare Ward as Mother Joyce/Burke
- Robert Homans as Mr. Burke
- Jack Ackroyd as Harry
- Sam Baker as Himself
See also
- List of early Warner Bros. sound and talking features
- The Lost Continent (1968). Also set in the Sargasso Sea.
References
- The Isle of Lost Ships at silentera.com
- The American Film Institute Catalog Feature Films: 1921-30 by The American Film Institute, c.1971
- The AFI Catalog of Feature Films:..The Isle of Lost Ships
- Catalog of Holdings The American Film Institute Collection and The United Artists Collection at The Library of Congress (<-book title) page 90 by The American Film Institute, c.1978
- 1957 MOVIES FROM AAP Warner Bros Features & Cartoons SALES BOOK DIRECTED AT TV
External links
- The Isle of Lost Ships at IMDb
- The Isle of Lost Ships at the TCM Movie Database
- The Isle of Lost Ships at AllMovie
- German language release poster
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