The Blue Lagoon (1923 film)
The Blue Lagoon is a 1923 silent film adaptation of Henry De Vere Stacpoole's 1908 novel of the same name about children who come of age while stranded on a tropical island. It is the first screen adaptation of the story and was followed by remakes in 1949, 1980, 1991, and 2012. The movie performed poorly in South Africa cinemas.[1]
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| Directed by | Dick Cruikshanks |
| Produced by | Dick Cruikshanks |
| Written by | Henry De Vere Stacpoole |
| Screenplay by | W. Bowden |
| Starring | Molly Adair Arthur Pusey |
Production company | African Film Productions |
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Cast
- Molly Adair as Emmeline
- Val Chard as Dick
- Dick Cruikshanks as Paddy Burton
- Arthur Pusey as young Dick
- Doreen Wonfer as younger Emmeline
Crew
- W. Bowden - Director of Photography
See also
- The Blue Lagoon, 1949 version
- The Blue Lagoon, 1980 version
- Blue Lagoon: The Awakening, a Lifetime television movie
- Paradise
- Return to the Blue Lagoon, 1991 version
- State of nature
- Second weekend in box office performance § Second-weekend drop
References
- Botha, Martin (1 January 2013). South African Cinema 1896-2010. Intellect Books. pp. 23–. ISBN 978-1-78320-330-7.
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