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Toilers of the Sea (1923 film)

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Toilers of the Sea
Directed byRoy William Neill
Based onToilers of the Sea
by Victor Hugo
Produced byRoy William Neill
StarringLucy Fox
Holmes Herbert
Horace Tesseron
CinematographyCarlos Edwin Corwin
Giovanni Ventimiglia
Production
company
Community International Corporation
Distributed bySelznick Pictures
Release date
  • July 21, 1923 (1923-07-21)
Running time
60 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageSilent (English intertitles)

Toilers of the Sea is a lost[1] 1923 American silent drama film directed by Roy William Neill and starring Lucy Fox, Holmes Herbert and Horace Tesseron. It is an adaptation of Victor Hugo's novel of the same title.[2]

Plot

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As described in a film magazine review,[3] Captain Jean and his daughter Hélène live in an Italian fishing hamlet. Captain André persuades him to induce the villagers to invest their savings in a project to purchase trading vessels. André embezzles the money and hides it in the volcanic crater of Mount Etna. Sandro, in love with Hélène, trails André to the mountains. A fight takes place, André is killed, and Sandro takes the money back to the villagers. Hélène and Sandro then wed.

Cast

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Production

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Toilers of the Sea was filmed in Italy.[4]

References

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  1. ^ "7,200 Lost U.S. Silent Feature Films (1912-29)".
  2. ^ Goble p. 233
  3. ^ Pardy, George T. (12 January 1924). "Box Office Reviews: Toilers of the Sea". Exhibitors Trade Review. 15 (8). New York: Exhibitors Review Publishing Corporation: 23. Retrieved 30 June 2022. Public Domain This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
  4. ^ Progressive Silent Film List: Toilers of the Sea at silentera.com

Bibliography

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  • Goble, Alan. The Complete Index to Literary Sources in Film. Walter de Gruyter, 1999.
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