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Captain Salvation
Also known as La barca infernal in Argentina; Jovem Redentor in Brazil; De fordømtes Skib in Denmark; Das Sträflingsschiff in Germany; Капитан Спасения in Russia
(1927) United States of America
B&W : Eight reels / 7395 feet
Directed by John Robertson (John S. Robertson)

Cast: Lars Hanson [Anson Campbell], Marceline Day [Mary Phillips], Pauline Starke [Bess Morgan], Ernest Torrence [the captain of ‘The Panther’], George Fawcett [Zeke Crosby], Sam de Grasse [Peter Campbell], Jay Hunt [Nathan Phillips], Eugenie Besserer [Mrs. Buxom], Eugenie Forde [Mrs. Bellows], Flora Finch [Mrs. Snifty], James Marcus [the old sea salt]; Jack Curtis [the first mate of the ‘Panther’], Louise Emmons [a woman on the prison ship], Dave Wengren [a seaman]

Cosmopolitan Productions production; distributed by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Distributing Corporation [A John S. Robertson Production; A Cosmopolitan Production]. / Scenario by Jack Cunningham, from the novel Captain Salvation by Frederick William Wallace. Settings (set design) by Cedric Gibbons and Leo Kuter (Leo E. Kuler). Wardrobe (costume design) by André-ani. Photography (cinematography) by William Daniels (William H. Daniels). Film editor, William Hamilton. Titles (intertitles written) by John Colton. Presented by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. / © 17 May 1927 by Cosmopolitan Productions [LP23972]. Released 14 May 1927. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format. / The film was released in the United Kingdom on 17 June 1927. The film was released in Denmark as De fordømtes Skib on 9 January 1928. The film was released in Finland on 16 January 1928. / Silent film.

Drama.

Survival status: Print exists [35mm positive].

Current rights holder: Public domain [USA].

Keywords: Death: Suicide - USA: California: Corona del Mar, Newport Beach

Listing updated: 9 May 2021.

References: Film credits, film viewing : ClasIm-301 p. 47 : Website-AFI; Website-IMDb.

Home video: DVD.

 
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