Those Who Dare

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Those Who Dare
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Advertisement from 1923 using the film's working title Superstition
Directed by John B. O'Brien
Written byFrank S. Beresford
Story byI. W. Irving
Starring Marguerite De La Motte
John Bowers
Joseph J. Dowling
Cinematography Devereaux Jennings
Production
company
Creative Pictures
Release date
  • November 15, 1924 (1924-11-15)
Running time
70 minutes
CountryUnited States
Language Silent (English intertitles)

Those Who Dare is a 1924 American silent drama film directed by John B. O'Brien and starring John Bowers, Marguerite De La Motte, and Joseph J. Dowling. [1] Though some reference books consider it a horror film, it is not known how overt the voodoo element was, since the film no longer exists. The film co-stars a couple of actors however who were associated with the 1920s horror film genre, Sheldon Lewis (who starred in Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1920 Haydon film)), and Cesare Gravina (who starred with Lon Chaney in The Man Who Laughs , 1928). Director O'Brien quit directing in 1926, and spent the last ten years of his life acting in bit parts. [2]

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Plot

Captain Manning, the owner of the ship The Swallow, is ordered to remove it from a town's harbor because it has the reputation for being cursed. Afterwards he settles down in an old folk's home where he tells the story of how he came to own the Swallow. It seems that years before, he found the ship adrift at sea, manned by a crew of mutineers, whose captain was struggling to maintain control over his crew. Manning learns that the men were under a peculiar voodoo practitioner's influence. He succeeds in besting the voodoo master and bringing the mutinous crew back under control, at which time the owner gives him the ship.

Cast

Preservation

A print of Those Who Dare is held by the Cineteca Italiana in Milan. [3]

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References

  1. ↑ Munden p. 802
  2. ↑ Workman, Christopher; Howarth, Troy (2016). "Tome of Terror: Horror Films of the Silent Era". Midnight Marquee Press. p. 280. ISBN   978-1936168-68-2.
  3. ↑ Library of Congress American Silent Feature Film Survival Database: Those Who Dare

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