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On the High Seas

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On the High Seas
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Directed byIrvin Willat
Screenplay byEdward Sheldon
E. Magnus Ingleton
Produced byIrvin Willat
Adolph Zukor
StarringDorothy Dalton
Jack Holt
Mitchell Lewis
Winter Hall
Michael Dark
Otto Brower
William Boyd
CinematographyCharles Edgar Schoenbaum
Production
company
Irvin V. Willat Productions
Distributed byParamount Pictures
Release date
  • September 17, 1922 (1922-09-17)
Running time
60 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageSilent (English intertitles)

On the High Seas is a 1922 American silent adventure film directed by Irvin Willat and written by Edward Sheldon and E. Magnus Ingleton. The film stars Dorothy Dalton, Jack Holt, Mitchell Lewis, Winter Hall, Michael Dark, Otto Brower, and William Boyd. The film was released on September 17, 1922, by Paramount Pictures.[1][2][3]

Plot

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As described in a film magazine review,[4] while returning from East Asia, the ship S.S. Andren catches fire. Leone Deveraux is rescued by stokers Jim Dorn and Joe Polack, and the three cast off in a small boat. After three days, they sight a plague ship derelict, throw the corpses overboard, and make themselves at home. Joe desires Leone and one night during a storm attacks her, but she is rescued by Jim with whom she has fallen in love. Joe is then killed by a falling mast. The two lovers are rescued by a battleship and taken home. Leone, who is engaged to be married, loses trace of Jim until, on a day when she is on the way to the church, she is abducted by a masked man who turns out to be Jim. When it is revealed that Jim is actually a man of position and wealth, the two begin a happy relationship.

Cast

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Preservation

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With no prints of On the High Seas located in any film archives,[5] it is a lost film.

References

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  1. ^ Janiss Garza (2016). "On-the-High-Seas - Trailer - Cast - Showtimes - NYTimes.com". Movies & TV Dept. The New York Times. Archived from the original on March 5, 2016. Retrieved January 30, 2015.
  2. ^ "On the High Seas". afi.com. Retrieved January 30, 2015.
  3. ^ Progressive Silent Film List: On the High Seas at silentera.com
  4. ^ "Tried and Proved Pictures: On the High Seas". Exhibitors Trade Review. 15 (7). New York: Exhibitors Review Publishing Corporation: 36. January 12, 1924. Retrieved June 10, 2022. Public Domain This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
  5. ^ The Library of Congress / FIAF American Silent Feature Film Survival Catalog: On the High Seas
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