Perils of the Wild

Perils of the Wild
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Directed by	Francis Ford
Written by	Isadore Bernstein William Lord Wright Johann David Wyss
Starring	Joe Bonomo Margaret Quimby
Release date(s)	August 27, 1925 (1925-08-27)
Running time	15 episodes
Country	United States
Language	Silent English intertitles

Perils of the Wild is a 1925 adventure film serial directed by Francis Ford. The film is considered to be lost.^[1] This serial was based on The Swiss Family Robinson by Johann David Wyss.^[2]

Cast

Joe Bonomo as Frederick Robinson. Bonomo performed his own stunts. He fractured his leg and received an injured sacroiliac during filming.^[2]
Margaret Quimby as Emily Montrose
Jack Mower as Sir Charles Leicester
Alfred Allen as Captain William Robinson
Eva Gordon as Frau Mitilla Robinson
Jack Murphy as Jack Robinson
Howard Enstedt as Ernest Robinson
Francis Irwin as Francis Robinson
William Dyer as Black John
Albert Prisco as Tonie
Fanny Warren as Bonita (as Fannie Warren)
John Wallace as Pirate
James Welsh as Pirate
Philip Ford as Pirate (as Phil Ford)
Sammy Gervon as Pirate
Boris Karloff

^ "Progressive Silent Film List: Perils of the Wild". Silent Era. http://www.silentera.com/PSFL/data/P/PerilsoftheWild1925.html. Retrieved 2008-02-17.
^ ^a ^b Harmon, Jim; Donald F. Glut. "13. The Classics "You Say 'What Dost Thou Mean By That?' and Push Him Off the Cliff"". The Great Movie Serials: Their Sound and Fury. Routledge. pp. 322. ISBN 9780713000979.