Lost and Found on a South Sea Island

1923 film by Raoul Walsh

  • February 23, 1923 (1923-02-23)
Running time
70 minutesCountryUnited StatesLanguageSilent (English intertitles)

Lost and Found on a South Sea Island is a 1923 American drama film directed by Raoul Walsh and produced by Samuel Goldwyn. It was filmed on location in Tahiti[1][2] and includes a nude scene involving a young woman bathing.[3]

Plot

Captain Blackbird meets the beautiful Lorna on the island of Pago Pago. However, Lorna is promised to the evil Chief Waki. She and her lover Lloyd Warren beg the captain for help, but he refuses.

Cast

  • House Peters as Captain Blackbird
  • Pauline Starke as Lorna
  • Antonio Moreno as Lloyd Warren
  • Mary Jane Irving as Baby Madge
  • Rosemary Theby as Madge
  • George Siegmann as Faulke
  • William V. Mong as Skinner
  • Carl Harbaugh as Waki
  • William Haines as Extra

Preservation

One reel survives, according to a recent biography of Walsh. However, the Italian archive Cineteca Del Friuli, in Gemona, is said to have a full print.[4]

See also

References

  1. ^ New York Times Archived September 10, 2012, at the Wayback Machine Review from the film
  2. ^ Lost and Found on a South Sea Island in the Progressive Silent Film List at silentera.com
  3. ^ Langman, Larry (1998). American Film Cycles: The Silent Era. Westport, Conn.: Greenwood Publishing Group. p. xx. ISBN 0-313-30657-5.
  4. ^ The Library of Congress American Silent Feature Film Survival Catalog: Lost and Found on a South Sea Island

External links

  • Lost and Found on a South Sea Island at IMDb Edit this at Wikidata
  • Lost and Found on a South Sea Island at SilentEra
  • Lost and Found on a South Sea Island at AllMovie
  • Lost and Found on a South Sea Island at Virtual History
  • Lantern slide to the film (retrieved from Wayback Machine)
  • Southseascinema.org
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