The Ship of Souls (film)

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The Ship of Souls
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Directed by Charles Miller
Written by Frank P. Donovan
Based on The Ship of Souls
by Emerson Hough
Produced by Max O. Miller
Starring Bert Lytell
Lillian Rich
Cyril Chadwick
Cinematography Edwin B. DuPar
Production
companies
Distributed by Associated Exhibitors
Release date
  • December 20, 1925 (1925-12-20)
Running time
6 reels
CountryUnited States
Language Silent (English intertitles)
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Scene with Chadwick and Lytell

The Ship of Souls or Ship of Souls is a 1925 American silent 3-D Western drama film, [1] directed by Charles Miller. It was based on the Western novel The Ship of Souls by Emerson Hough, which was published after his death. [2] It was produced by Max O. Miller, who created the 3-D process used in the film.

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Plot

Langley Barnes (Bert Lytell) goes to the North Country after being abandoned by his wife. There he falls in love with Christine Garth (Lillian Rich), and even though he is not legally divorced, marries Christine. Captain Churchill (Cyril Chadwick) is posted to the area to build a radio transmitter, and after returning to the United States, marries Langley's wife, who has now obtained a divorce. After Churchill alerts Barnes with a radio transmission, Langley remarries Christine in a legal ceremony.

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Preservation

With no prints of The Ship of Souls located in any film archives, [3] it is a lost film.

References

  1. Hayes, R. M. (1998). 3-D Movies: a History and Filmography of Stereoscopic Cinema. McFarland, ISBN   978-0-7864-0578-7
  2. Munden, Kenneth White (Ed.) The American Film Institute catalog of motion pictures produced in the United States, Part 1: Feature films, 1921 – 1930. University of California Press, ISBN   978-0-520-20969-5
  3. "Ship of Souls". Library of Congress. October 23, 2022.