Summaries

Notorious pirate Joaquin Santos lives by the saying, "Dead Men Tell No Tales". He conspires with the prominent Squire Rattray to take over and plunder the Lady Jermyn, a ship carrying a considerable amount of gold, and then destroy the ship and kill its crew. Rattray, who is in love with Santos' daughter Eve, agrees to pick up the pirate.his crew and their loot on his private yacht after the deed is done. However, young George Cole, a passenger on the Lady Jermyn who is also in love with Eve, survives the attack and sets out to find her.[email protected]

Details

Keywords
  • pirate
  • based on novel
  • shipwreck
Genres
  • Adventure
Release date Oct 31, 1920
Countries of origin United States
Language None
Filming locations Riverdale, Morris County, New York, USA
Production companies Vitagraph Company of America

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Tech specs

Runtime 1h 10m
Color Black and White
Sound mix Silent
Aspect ratio 1.33 : 1

Synopsis

George Stevenson Cole (Percy Marmont) is sailing home after failing to strike it rich from the Australian gold fields. Penniless and demoralised, he is thrown into a wild, desperate adventure with a gorgeous educated english lass, Eva Dennison (played by Catherine Calvert), an evil villain, and a creepy old mansion.

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