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The Isle of Lost Ships (1923 film)

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1923 film by Maurice Tourneur

(For the 1929 talkie see The Isle of Lost Ships (1929 film))

The Isle of Lost Ships
1923 theatrical poster
Directed byMaurice Tourneur
Written byCharles Maigne (scenario)
Based onThe Isle of Dead Ships
by Crittenden Marriott
Produced byMaurice Tourneur Productions&
Ned Marin
CinematographyArthur L. Todd
Edited byFrank Lawrence
Distributed byAssociated First National
Release date
  • March 18, 1923 (1923-03-18)
Running time8 reels (7,425 ft)
CountryUnited States
LanguageSilent (English intertitles)
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The Isle of Lost Ships is a 1923 American silent adventure/melodrama film produced and directed by Maurice Tourneur. It was distributed by Associated First National Pictures. The film is based on the novel The Isle of Dead Ships written by Crittenden Marriott around 1909. In 1929, director Irvin Willat, re-filmed the story.

Maurice Tourneur himself also created a different film with a similar theme called The Ship of Lost Souls in 1929, featuring the young German actress, Marlene Dietrich in the cast.

The 1923 version of the film is believed to be lost, and no longer available.

Cast

Story

The story revolves around people and ships trapped in a section of the southern Atlantic Ocean infested with seaweed, known as the Sargasso Sea.

See also

References

  1. American Film Institute Catalog: Feature Films 1921-30, p. 387, by The American Film Institute, c.1971
  2. The AFI Catalog of Feature Films: The Isle of Lost Ships
  3. Progressive Silent Film List: The Isle of Lost Ships at silentera.com
  4. Progressive Silent Film List: The Isle of Lost Ships at silentera.com
  5. The Library of Congress American Silent Feature Film Survival Catalog:The Isle of Lost Ships

External links

Films directed by Maurice Tourneur


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