The Isle of Conquest

The Isle of Conquest is a 1919 American silent drama film starring Norma Talmadge and produced by Talmadge and her husband Joseph Schenck. The film is now considered lost.[1][2]

The Isle of Conquest
Norma Talmadge and Wyndham Standing
Directed byEdward Jose
Produced byJoseph Schenck
Norma Talmadge
Written byJohn Emerson (scenario)
Anita Loos (scenario)
Based onBy Right of Conquest
by Arthur Hornblow, Jr.
StarringNorma Talmadge
CinematographyDavid Abel
Distributed bySelect Pictures
Release date
  • October 26, 1919 (1919-10-26) (United States)
Running time
72 mins.
60 mins. (United States)
CountryUnited States
LanguageSilent (English intertitles)

Plot

Based upon a short review in a film magazine,[3] a young woman (Talmadge) marries a wealthy scoundrel so that her mother can live in luxury. While vacationing on his yacht, she becomes shipwrecked and is cast on a desert island with a stoker (Standing) for her companion. They eventually fall in love, but are rescued just before celebrating their wilderness-witnessed nuptials. Her husband later dies, so the lovers are then able to marry.

Cast

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