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Adventure (1925 film)
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Wikipedia article
'Adventure' is a lost[http://memory.loc.gov/diglib/ihas/loc.mbrs.sfdb.3310/default.html The Library of Congress/FIAF American Silent Feature Film Survival Catalog: 'Adventure'] 1925 American silent drama film produced by Famous Players-Lasky, distributed by Paramount Pictures, directed by Victor Fleming, and featuring Wallace Beery in a major supporting role. The picture is based on Jack London's 1911 novel 'Adventure'.
Plot
A Solomon Islands plantation owner, David Sheldon (Tom Moore) becomes ill from blackwater fever following the death of many of his fieldhands from the disease. Joan Lackland (Pauline Starke), a female soldier of fortune, arrives by schooner in the islands. Enlisting the aid of her Kanaka crew, she defends Sheldon from an attack by the natives, led by Googomy (Noble Johnson). Joan becomes David's business partner after nursing him back to health and helps protect his mortgaged property from two greedy moneylenders. In attempting to gain revenge, the moneylenders incite the natives to revolt.[http://www.silentera.com/PSFL/data/A/Adventure1925.html 'Adventure' at silentera.com]'The American Film Institute Catalog Feature Films: 1921-30' by The American Film Institute, c.1971
Cast
* Tom Moore as David Sheldon
* Pauline Starke as Joan Lackland
* Wallace Beery as Morgan
* Raymond Hatton as Raff
* Walter McGrail as Tudor
* Duke Kahanamoku as Noah Noa
* James Spencer as Adam
* Noble Johnson as Googomy
References
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