Perils of the Wild
Appearance
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Directed by | Francis Ford |
Written by | Isadore Bernstein William Lord Wright Johann David Wyss |
Starring | Joe Bonomo Margaret Quimby |
Distributed by | Universal Pictures |
Release date |
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Running time | 15 episodes |
Country | United States |
Language | Silent with English intertitles |
Perils of the Wild is a 1925 American adventure film serial directed by Francis Ford. The film is considered to be lost.[1] This serial was based on The Swiss Family Robinson by Johann David Wyss.[2]
Cast
- Joe Bonomo as Frederick Robinson. Bonomo performed his own stunts. He fractured his leg and received an injured sacroiliac during filming.[2]
- Margaret Quimby as Emily Montrose
- Jack Mower as Sir Charles Leicester
- Alfred Allen as Captain William Robinson
- Eva Gordon as Frau Mitilla Robinson
- Jack Murphy as Jack Robinson
- Howard Enstedt as Ernest Robinson
- Francis Irwin as Francis Robinson
- William Dyer as Black John
- Albert Prisco as Tonie
- Fanny Warren as Bonita (as Fannie Warren)
- John Wallace as Pirate
- James Welsh as Pirate
- Philip Ford as Pirate (as Phil Ford)
- Sammy Gervon as Pirate
- Boris Karloff
See also
References
- ^ "Progressive Silent Film List: Perils of the Wild". Silent Era. Retrieved February 17, 2008.
- ^ a b Harmon, Jim; Donald F. Glut (1973). "13. The Classics "You Say 'What Dost Thou Mean By That?' and Push Him Off the Cliff"". The Great Movie Serials: Their Sound and Fury. Routledge. p. 322. ISBN 978-0-7130-0097-9.