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Treasure Island
(1920) American
B&W : Six reels
Directed by Maurice Tourneur

Cast: Shirley Mason, Charles Ogle, Sydney Dean, Charles Hill Mailes (Charles H. Mailes), Lon Chaney, Josie Melville, Al Filson, Wilton Taylor, Joseph Singleton [Israil Hands], Bull Montana, Harry Holden

Maurice Tourneur Productions production; distributed by Famous Players-Lasky Corporation [Paramount-Artcraft Super Special]. / Scenario by Stephen Fox (Jules Furthman), from the novel Treasure Island by Robert Louis Stevenson. Cinematography by René Guissart and John van den Broek. Art direction by Floyd Mueller and Ben Carré. / © 26 March 1920 by Famous Players-Lasky Corporation [LP14923]. Released 4 April 1920. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.37:1 format.

Drama: Adventure.

Synopsis: Synopsis available in AFI-F1 n. F1.4551.

Survival Status: The film is presumed lost.

Keywords: Authors: Robert Louis Stevenson - Blind persons - Dual roles - Pirates

Listing updated: 27 March 2004.

References: AFI-F1 nn. F1.4551, F1.4552; Bardèche-History p. 111; Brownlow-Parade p. 240; Edmonds-BigU p. 71; Everson-American pp. 68, 150; Marrero-Vintage p. 20; Spehr-American p. 100; Weaver-Twenty p. 76 : ClasIm-240 p. 45.

 
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