Victory (1919 film)
Victory | |
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Directed by | Maurice Tourneur |
Screenplay by | Jules Furthman |
Produced by | Maurice Tourneur Productions |
Starring | Jack Holt Seena Owen Lon Chaney Wallace Beery |
Cinematography | René Guissart |
Distributed by | Paramount Pictures (as Paramount-Artcraft) |
Release date |
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Running time | 62 minutes |
Country | United States |
Language | Silent (English intertitles) |
Victory is a surviving[1] 1919 American drama film directed by Maurice Tourneur, starring Jack Holt, Seena Owen, Lon Chaney, and Wallace Beery. The movie is an adaptation of the eponymous novel by Joseph Conrad. The screenplay was written by Jules Furthman.[2][3] It provides a rare opportunity to see Chaney and Beery in the same film.
Plot
As described in a film magazine,[4] Axel Heyst (Holt), a strange and silent man, forms but one friendship being that of a sailing man without any apparent resources, who rewards this charitable assistance by giving Heyst a half interest in coal deposits on a South Seas island. Difficulties arise which cause Heyst to return to civilization where he meets and rescues from her annoyers Alma (Owen), an abused member of a hotel entertainment company. He takes the young woman back with him to the island, quartering her in an abandoned shack. It is not in Heyst's nature to love, so there is nothing of sentiment in their relationship. A trio of fortune hunters led by Mr. Jones (Deeley), hearing tales of Heyst's valuable possessions, come to the island and attempt to take his treasure and the young woman. It is then when Heyst discovers his love for Alma. Heyst triumphs over his persecutors and a happy ending results.
Cast
- Jack Holt as Axel Heyst
- Seena Owen as Alma
- Lon Chaney as Ricardo
- Wallace Beery as August Schomberg
- Ben Deeley as Mr. Jones
- Laura Winston as Mrs. Schomberg
- Bull Montana as Pedro
- George Nichols as Captain Davidson
References
- ^ The Library of Congress American Silent Feature Film Survival Catalog: Victory
- ^ "Progressive Silent Film List". silentera.com. Retrieved 3 April 2015.
- ^ The AFI Catalog of Feature Films: Victory
- ^ "Reviews: Victory". Exhibitors Herald. 9 (25). New York City: Exhibitors Herald Company: 69. December 13, 1919.
External links
- Victory at IMDb
- Victory synopsis at AllMovie
- Dialogue and commentary about the movie at silentsaregolden.com
- Stills and commentary at Dreamland Cafe
- 1919 films
- American black-and-white films
- English-language films
- Films based on British novels
- Films based on works by Joseph Conrad
- Films directed by Maurice Tourneur
- American romantic drama films
- American silent feature films
- American films
- 1910s romantic drama films
- Films set in Indonesia
- Screenplays by Jules Furthman
- Paramount Pictures films
- Silent film stubs
- Romantic drama film stubs