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The Isle of Conquest
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Wikipedia article
'The Isle of Conquest' is a 1919 American silent drama film starring Norma Talmadge and produced by Talmadge and her husband Joseph Schenck. The film is now considered lost.[http://www.silentera.com/PSFL/data/I/IsleOfConquest1919.html 'The Isle of Conquest' at silentera.com][http://www.stanford.edu/~gdegroat/NT/oldreviews/ioc.htm The Norma Talmadge Page: 'The Isle of Conquest', by G. de Groat, Stanford University]
Plot
Based upon a short review in a film magazine, a young woman (Talmadge) marries a wealthy scoundrel so that her mother can live in luxury. While vacationing on his yacht, she becomes shipwrecked and is cast on a desert island with a stoker (Standing) for her companion. They eventually fall in love, but are rescued just before celebrating their wilderness-witnessed nuptials. Her husband later dies, so the lovers are then able to marry.
Cast
* Norma Talmadge as Ethel Harmon
* Wyndham Standing as John Arnold
* Charles K. Gerrard as Van Surdam
* Hedda Hopper as Mrs. Harmon
* Natalie Talmadge as Janis Harmon
* Claire Whitney as Claire Wilson
* Gareth Hughes as Jack Frazier
* Joseph W. Smiley as Dr. Chase
* William Bailey
* Merceita Esmond
See also
*List of lost films
References
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