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- Isle of Escape : A Story of the South Seas 1926-1930 single work drama
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form
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Isle of Escape
( dir. Howard Bretherton
)
United States of America (USA)
:
Warner Brothers
,
1930
Z1719981
1930
single work
film/TV
'On a South Sea island, Stella operates a hotel for her mother, who is constantly drunk on liquor smuggled by Shane, the principal trader and virtual dictator of the island. Dave Wade, exhausted from the heat, lands on the shore near the hotel and reports having escaped from a nearby cannibal island. Stella has her servants, Manua and Loru, care for him, but Shane, to whom she is married but with whom she has never lived, orders him taken to his house, intent on stealing his gold. In a drunken orgy, Shane takes the gold, provoking a fight in which Stella aids Wade. When Ma Blackney dies and Stella recovers the gold, she suggests they go to another island and establish a trading business; but because of a misunderstanding, Stella is kidnapped by the natives and taken to the cannibal island. Disregarding their differences, Wade and Shane join forces and go to the island; Shane sacrifices himself to stall the cannibals while Stella and Wade flee to the sea' (American Film Institute Catalogue).
Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of
Works about this Work
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The Far North in Books : No. 10 : Isle of Escape
1932
single work
review
— Appears in: Northern Affairs , 1 April vol. 1 no. 12 1932; (p. 19)
— Review of Isle of Escape : A Story of the South Seas 1926 single work novel -
Some Views, News and Reviews
1929
single work
column
— Appears in: All About Books , 21 October vol. 1 no. 11 1929; (p. 349-350) -
Jack McLaren
1927
single work
review
— Appears in: The Queenslander , 26 March 1927; (p. 8)
— Review of Isle of Escape : A Story of the South Seas 1926 single work novel -
New Novels
1927
single work
review
— Appears in: The Australasian , 19 March vol. 122 no. 4080 1927; (p. 742)
— Review of Isle of Escape : A Story of the South Seas 1926 single work novel -
Jack McLaren
1927
single work
review
— Appears in: The Brisbane Courier , 12 March 1927; (p. 21)
— Review of Isle of Escape : A Story of the South Seas 1926 single work novel
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Untitled
1927
single work
review
— Appears in: The North Queensland Register , 14 February 1927; (p. 6)
— Review of Isle of Escape : A Story of the South Seas 1926 single work novel -
Jack McLaren
1927
single work
review
— Appears in: The Brisbane Courier , 12 March 1927; (p. 21)
— Review of Isle of Escape : A Story of the South Seas 1926 single work novel -
New Novels
1927
single work
review
— Appears in: The Australasian , 19 March vol. 122 no. 4080 1927; (p. 742)
— Review of Isle of Escape : A Story of the South Seas 1926 single work novel -
Jack McLaren
1927
single work
review
— Appears in: The Queenslander , 26 March 1927; (p. 8)
— Review of Isle of Escape : A Story of the South Seas 1926 single work novel -
The Far North in Books : No. 10 : Isle of Escape
1932
single work
review
— Appears in: Northern Affairs , 1 April vol. 1 no. 12 1932; (p. 19)
— Review of Isle of Escape : A Story of the South Seas 1926 single work novel -
Some Views, News and Reviews
1929
single work
column
— Appears in: All About Books , 21 October vol. 1 no. 11 1929; (p. 349-350)
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