Isle of Sunken Gold is a 1927 American silent adventure film serial directed by Harry S. Webb. The film was long considered to be lost,[1] however, chapters 4, 5, and 6 and reel 1 of chapter 7 were recently discovered in a European archive and retranslated back into English.
| Isle of Sunken Gold | |
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| Directed by | Harry S. Webb |
| Produced by | Nat Levine |
| Starring | Anita Stewart Duke Kahanamoku |
| Distributed by | Mascot Pictures |
Release date |
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Running time | 10 episodes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | Silent (English intertitles) |
Plot
editA ship captain gets a hold of half of a map leading to a treasure buried on an island in the South Seas. The ruler of the island, a beautiful princess, has the other half of the map, and the two join forces to battle a gang of pirates and a group of islanders who don't want anyone to get the treasure. It is discovered in a cave guarded by a ferocious fanged ape named Kong
Cast
edit- Anita Stewart as Princess Kala of Tafofu
- Duke Kahanamoku as Lono
- Bruce Gordon as Tod Lorre, captain of the Roamer
- Evangeline Russell as Lua
- Curtis 'Snowball' McHenry as Possum
- Jack P. Pierce (credited as John Pierce)
Chapter titles
edit- Isle of Sunken Gold
- Trapped in Mid-Air
- Engulfed by the Sea
- The Volcano's Pit
- The Hulk of Death
- The Prey of Sharks
- Fire of Revenge
- The Battle of Canoes
- Trapped by the Ape
- The Devil Ape's Secret
References
edit- ^ "Progressive Silent Film List: Isle of Sunken Gold". silentera.com. Retrieved February 17, 2008.
External links
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