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Lost and Found on a South Sea Island
Lost and Found on a South Sea Island
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Directed by	Raoul Walsh
Written by	Paul Bern
Produced by	Samuel Goldwyn
Starring	House Peters; Pauline Starke
Cinematography	Clyde De Vinna
Distributed by	Goldwyn Pictures
Release date	February 23, 1923;
Running time	70 minutes
Country	United States
Language	Silent (English intertitles)

Lost and Found on a South Sea Island is a 1923 American drama film directed by Raoul Walsh and produced by Samuel Goldwyn. It was filmed on location in Tahiti^[1]^[2] and includes a nude scene involving a young woman bathing.^[3]

Plot edit

Captain Blackbird meets the beautiful Lorna on the island of Pago Pago. However, Lorna is promised to the evil Chief Waki. She and her lover Lloyd Warren beg the captain for help, but he refuses.

Cast edit

House Peters as Captain Blackbird
Pauline Starke as Lorna
Antonio Moreno as Lloyd Warren
Mary Jane Irving as Baby Madge
Rosemary Theby as Madge
George Siegmann as Faulke
William V. Mong as Skinner
Carl Harbaugh as Waki
William Haines as Extra

Preservation edit

One reel survives, according to a recent biography of Walsh. However, the Italian archive Cineteca Del Friuli, in Gemona, is said to have a full print.^[4]

References edit

^ New York Times Archived September 10, 2012, at the Wayback Machine Review from the film
^ Lost and Found on a South Sea Island in the Progressive Silent Film List at silentera.com
^ Langman, Larry (1998). American Film Cycles: The Silent Era. Westport, Conn.: Greenwood Publishing Group. p. xx. ISBN 0-313-30657-5.
^ The Library of Congress American Silent Feature Film Survival Catalog: Lost and Found on a South Sea Island