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Adventure is a lost[1][2] 1925 American silent drama film produced by Famous Players-Lasky, distributed by Paramount Pictures, directed by Victor Fleming, and featuring Wallace Beery in a major supporting role. The picture is based on Jack London's 1911 novel Adventure.

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Adventure
Theatrical poster
Directed by	Victor Fleming
Written by	Gordon Rigby A.P. Younger
Based on	Adventure 1911 novel by Jack London
Produced by	Adolph Zukor Jesse Lasky Victor Fleming
Starring	Tom Moore Pauline Starke Wallace Beery
Cinematography	Charles Schoenbaum (as C. Edgar Schoenbaum)
Distributed by	Paramount Pictures
Release date	April 14, 1925 (1925-04-14)
Running time	7 reels (6,713 feet)
Country	United States
Language	Silent (English intertitles)

Plot

A Solomon Islands plantation owner, David Sheldon (Tom Moore) becomes ill from blackwater fever following the death of many of his fieldhands from the disease. Joan Lackland (Pauline Starke), a female soldier of fortune, arrives by schooner in the islands. Enlisting the aid of her Kanaka crew, she defends Sheldon from an attack by the natives, led by Googomy (Noble Johnson). Joan becomes David's business partner after nursing him back to health and helps protect his mortgaged property from two greedy moneylenders. In attempting to gain revenge, the moneylenders incite the natives to revolt.[3][4]

Cast

• Tom Moore as David Sheldon
• Pauline Starke as Joan Lackland
• Wallace Beery as Morgan
• Raymond Hatton as Raff
• Walter McGrail as Tudor
• Duke Kahanamoku as Noah Noa
• James Spencer as Adam
• Noble Johnson as Googomy

References

External links

• Adventure at IMDb
• Synopsis at AllMovie
• Adventure at the TCM Movie Database
• Adventure at the American Film Institute Catalog

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