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The Isle of Lost Ships is a 1929 talking film released in an alternative silent version with a Vitaphone track of effects and music. The picture was produced by Richard A. Rowland and distributed by Warner Bros. Irvin Willat was the director with Jason Robards Sr., Virginia Valli and Noah Beery Sr. in the leads. It is based on the 1909 novel The Isle of Dead Ships by Crittenden Marriott, and is also a remake of Maurice Tourneur's now lost 1923 classic of the same name. This film is preserved at the Library of Congress.[1][2][3][4][5]

The Isle of Lost Ships
Directed by	Irvin Willat
Written by	Fred Myton (scenario, dialogue, titles) Paul Perez (dialogue, titles)
Based on	The Isle of Dead Ships by Crittenden Marriott
Produced by	Richard A. Rowland
Starring	Jason Robards Sr. Virginia Valli Noah Beery Sr.
Cinematography	Sol Polito
Edited by	John Rawlins
Music by	Cecil Copping Alois Reiser
Production company	First National Pictures
Distributed by	Warner Bros.
Release date	November 29, 1929
Running time	9 reels; 7,576
Country	United States
Language	Silent (English intertitles)

Cast

• Jason Robards Sr. as Frank Howard
• Virginia Valli as Dorothy Whitlock/Renwick
• Noah Beery Sr. as Captain Peter Forbes
• Clarissa Selwynne as Aunt Emma/Mrs. Renwick
• Robert Emmett O'Connor as Jackson
• Harry Cording as Gallagher
• Margaret Fielding as Mrs. Gallagher
• Kathrin Clare Ward as Mother Joyce/Burke
• Robert Homans as Mr. Burke
• Jack Ackroyd as Harry
• Sam Baker as Himself

See also

• List of early Warner Bros. sound and talking features
• The Lost Continent (1968). Also set in the Sargasso Sea.

References

External links

• The Isle of Lost Ships at IMDb
• The Isle of Lost Ships at the TCM Movie Database
• The Isle of Lost Ships at AllMovie
• German language release poster

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