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The Isle of Lost Ships (1929 film)

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Producer
  
Richard A. Rowland

Country
  
United States

Director
  
Irvin Willat

Duration
  

Language
  
Silent

The Isle of Lost Ships (1929 film) The Isle of Lost Ships 1929 film Wikipedia

Release date
  
November 29, 1929

Writer
  
Crittenden Marriott (novel), Fred Myton (screenplay), Fred Myton (titles), Paul Perez (screenplay), Paul Perez (titles)

Cast
  
Jason Robards, Sr., Virginia Valli

Music director
  
Alois Reiser, Cecil Copping

Similar movies
  
Civilization (1916), Paradise (1926), The False Faces (1919), North of 36 (1924), The Ancient Highway (1925)

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.

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

    • References

    The Isle of Lost Ships (1929 film) Wikipedia
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