The Mysterious Island (1929 film)
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| Directed by | Benjamin Christensen Lucien Hubbard Maurice Tourneur |
| Produced by | J. Ernest Williamson |
| Written by | Jules Verne (novel) Lucien Hubbard Carl Pierson |
| Starring | Lionel Barrymore Jane Daly Lloyd Hughes Montagu Love Harry Gribbon |
| Music by | Martin Broones Art Lange Special Effects: James Basevi Irving G. Ries J. Ernest Williamson |
| Cinematography | Percy Hilburn |
| Editing by | Carl Pierson |
| Distributed by | MGM |
| Release date(s) | 1929 |
| Running time | 95 min. |
| Country |  United States |
| Language | English |
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The Mysterious Island, directed by Lucien Hubbard, is the 1929 film adaptation of Jules Verne's French novel L'Île mystérieuse (The Mysterious Island), published in 1874. It is an all-color, in Technicolor, part-talkie feature film with talking sequences, sound effect and synchronized music.
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[edit] Plot
On a volcanic island near the kingdom of Hetvia rules Count Dakkar, a benevolent leader and scientist who has eliminated class distinction among the island's inhabitants. Dakkar, his daughter Sonia and her fiance, engineer Nicolai Roget have designed a submarine which Roget pilots on its initial voyage just before the island is overrun by Baron Falon, despotic ruler of Hetvia. Falon sets out after Roget in a second submarine and the two craft, diving to the ocean's floor, discover a strange land populated by dragons, giant squid and an eerie undiscovered humanoid race.
[edit] Production
According to an article in the original "Famous Monsters of Filmland" magazines, production was actually started in 1926. There were various problems, including weather and the advent of talkies, which slowed/halted production several times before the film was finally completed and released three years later. The article included stills showing the original 1926 undersea denizens and the redesigned version which actually appeared in the film. Footage shot by Maurice Tourneur and Benjamin Christensen in 1927 was incorporated into the movie.
[edit] Preservation
No complete color prints survive. Only one reel exists tinted and with Technicolor sequences; it is held at the UCLA Film Archive. The complete film exists in a black and white copy apparently made in the 1950's for television.
[edit] Cast
- Lionel Barrymore as Count Dakkar
- Jane Daly as Sonia Dakkar
- Lloyd Hughes as Nicolai Roget
- Montagu Love as Falon
- Harry Gribbon as Mikhail
- Snitz Edwards as Anton
- Gibson Gowland as Dmitry
- Pauline Starke
- Karl Dane
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