Lost and Found on a South Sea Island
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Lost and Found on a South Sea Island is a 1923 drama film
directed by Raoul Walsh
and produced by Samuel Goldwyn
. The movie was filmed on location in Tahiti
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One reel from this film survives according to a new bio on director Raoul Walsh.
Drama film
A drama film is a film genre that depends mostly on in-depth development of realistic characters dealing with emotional themes. Dramatic themes such as alcoholism, drug addiction, infidelity, moral dilemmas, racial prejudice, religious intolerance, poverty, class divisions, violence against women...
directed by Raoul Walsh
Raoul Walsh
Raoul Walsh was an American film director, actor, founding member of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences and the brother of silent screen actor George Walsh...
and produced by Samuel Goldwyn
Samuel Goldwyn
Samuel Goldwyn was an American film producer, and founding contributor executive of several motion picture studios.-Biography:...
. The movie was filmed on location in Tahiti
Tahiti
Tahiti is the largest island in the Windward group of French Polynesia, located in the archipelago of the Society Islands in the southern Pacific Ocean. It is the economic, cultural and political centre of French Polynesia. The island was formed from volcanic activity and is high and mountainous...
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One reel from this film survives according to a new bio on director Raoul Walsh.
Plot
Captain Blackbird (Peters) meets the beautiful Lorna (Starke) on the island Pago Pago. However, Lorna is promised to the evil Chief Waki. She and her lover Lloyd Warren (Moreno) beg the captain for help, but he refuses.Cast
- House Peters - Captain Blackbird
- Pauline StarkePauline StarkePauline Starke was an American silent-film actress born in Joplin, Missouri.She made her acting debut appearing as a dance extra in D.W. Griffith's film Intolerance...
- Lorna - Antonio MorenoAntonio MorenoAntonio "Tony" Moreno was a notable Spanish-born American actor and film director of the silent film era and through the 1950s.- Biography :...
- Lloyd Warren - Mary Jane IrvingMary Jane IrvingMary Jane Irving was an American actress. She appeared in 58 films between 1917 and 1938.-Biography:Born in Columbia, South Carolina, Irving began her career as a child actor in silent films...
- Baby Madge - Rosemary ThebyRosemary ThebyRosemary Theby was an American film actress. She appeared in some 250 films between 1911 and 1940.-Early life and career:Born in St. Louis, Missouri, Theby studied at Sargent's School in New York...
- Madge - George SiegmannGeorge SiegmannGeorge Siegmann was an American actor in the silent film era. His more notable roles include Silas Lynch in Griffith's Birth of A Nation , the guard in the 1927 film The Cat and the Canary, Porthos in The Three Musketeers , Bill Sikes in Oliver Twist , and Dr...
- Faulke - William V. MongWilliam V. MongWilliam V. Mong was an American film actor, screenwriter and director. He appeared in 195 films between 1910 and 1939.He was born in Chambersburg, Pennsylvania, and died in Studio City, California.-Selected filmography:...
- Skinner - Carl HarbaughCarl HarbaughCarl Harbaugh was an American film actor, screenwriter and director. He appeared in 59 films between 1912 and 1957...
- Waki - William HainesWilliam HainesCharles William "Billy" Haines was an American film actor and interior designer. He was a star of the silent era until the 1930s, when Haines' career was cut short by MGM Studios due to his refusal to deny his homosexuality...
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