David and Jonathan (film)

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David and Jonathan
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Directed by Alexander Butler
Based onDavid & Jonathan
by E. Temple Thurston
Produced by G.B. Samuelson
Starring Madge Titheradge
Geoffrey Webb
Dick Ryan
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Distributed by General Film Distributors
Release date
  • July 1920 (1920-07)(U.K.)
Running time
6 reels [1]
CountryUnited Kingdom
Language Silent (English intertitles)

David and Jonathan is a 1920 British silent adventure film directed by Alexander Butler and starring Madge Titheradge, Geoffrey Webb, and Dick Ryan. It was based on a novel by E. Temple Thurston. It was made at Universal City in California. [2] Two men, David and Jonathan, are shipwrecked on a desert island together with a girl with whom they are both in love.

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  1. Low p. 355
  2. Low p. 139

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