Terror Island (1920)

Director:

James Cruze

Writers:

John Grey (story), Arthur B. Reeve (story),

Stars:

Harry Houdini, Jack Brammall, Lila Lee

Cast

Cast overview:
Harry Houdini	...	Harry Harper
Jack Brammall	...	Starkey
Lila Lee	...	Beverly West
Wilton Taylor	...	Job Mourdant
Eugene Pallette	...	Guy Mourdant
Ed Brady	...	Captain Black
Frank Bonner	...	Chief Bakaida
Taylor N. Duncan	...	First Officer Murphy (as Ted Duncan)
F.A. Turner	...	Mr. West (as Fred Turner)
Rosemary Theby	...	Stella Mourdant

Storyline

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Plot Keywords:

television

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Genres:

Mystery

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Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

April 1920 (USA)

Also Known As:

Salvage

Filming Locations:

Santa Catalina Island, Channel Islands, California, USA

Company Credits

Production Co:

Paramount Pictures

Technical Specs

Runtime:

55 min 55 min (Kino Print)

Sound Mix:

Silent

Color:

Black and White

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

Surviving material is missing reels three and four or its original seven reels.

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Connections

Edited into Spisok korabley (2008)

User Reviews

frantic pace,but very repetitive

after having just watched this movie starring harry Houdini,i gotta say,i have mixed feelings about it.on the one hand, the pace is very frantic,so the movie is not boring,in that regard.however,the movie is very repetitive,with Houdini and his co-stars doing a lot of the same things over and over again.unfortunately,2 reels out of 7 are lost,so instead of reels 3 and 4,there is a brief explanatory text to bridge the gap.if you're not a silent film buff,you probably would not enjoy this particular movie.but if you are,i think it's worth having for the novelty alone.if you haven't been exposed to silent movies,this is probably not the one you should watch first.i would recommend Nosferatu(1922)as a starting point.