Danger Island (serial)

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Danger Island
Danger Island FilmPoster.jpeg
Directed by Ray Taylor
Written byHenry MacRae, Ella O'Neill, Basil Dickey, George H. Plympton [1]
StarringKenneth Harlan
Lucile Brown
Andy Devine
Distributed by Universal Pictures
Release date
  • August 24, 1931 (1931-08-24)(U.S.)
Running time
12 chapters (220 minutes)
CountryUnited States
Language English

Danger Island (1931) is a Universal pre-Code film serial. It is considered to be a lost film. Kenneth Harlan played Captain Drake (the hero), and Lucile Brown played heroine Bonnie Adams. The film also co-starred Andy Devine.

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Plot

Bonnie Adams is told by her father, Professor Adams, on his death bed of his discovery of a radium deposit on an island off the coast of Africa. Ben Arnold and his girlfriend Aileen want the radium for themselves and befriend Bonnie for that purpose. The captain of the boat taking them to their destination, Harry Drake, falls in love with Bonnie en route.

Cast

Chapter titles

  1. The Coast of Peril
  2. Death Rides the Storm
  3. Demons of the Pool
  4. Devil Worshippers
  5. Mutiny
  6. The Cat Creeps
  7. The Drums of Doom
  8. Human Sacrifice
  9. The Devil Bird
  10. Captured For Sacrifice
  11. The Lion's Lair
  12. Fire God's vengeance

Source: [2]

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References

  1. Cline, William C. (1984). "Filmography". In the Nick of Time. McFarland & Company, Inc. ISBN 0-7864-0471-X. Pg. 58.
  2. Cline, William C. (1997) [1984]. "Filmography". In the Nick of Time. McFarland & Company, Inc. p. 204. ISBN   0-7864-0471-X.
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Danger Island (1931)
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