The Devil's Skipper Explained

The Devil's Skipper
Producer:	John M. Stahl Roy Fitzroy
Starring:	Belle Bennett Montagu Love Gino Corrado
Editing:	Desmond O'Brien
Cinematography:	Ernest Miller
Studio:	Tiffany Pictures
Distributor:	Tiffany Pictures
Runtime:	60 minutes
Country:	United States
Language:	Silent (English intertitles)

The Devil's Skipper is a 1928 American silent drama film directed by John G. Adolfi and starring Belle Bennett, Montagu Love and Gino Corrado. It was based on a short story by Jack London.^[1]

Cast

• Belle Bennett as The Devil Skipper
• Montagu Love as First Mate
• Gino Corrado as Philip La Farge
• Mary McAllister as Marie La Farge
• Cullen Landis as John Dubray
• G. Raymond Nye as Nick the Greek
• Pat Hartigan as Captain McKenna
• Adolph Milar as Mate Cornish
• Carolynne Snowden as Slave
• Stepin Fetchit as Slave's Husband

Preservation

A print of The Devil's Skipper is in the collection of the Library of Congress.^[2]

Bibliography

• Goble, Alan. The Complete Index to Literary Sources in Film. Walter de Gruyter, 1999.

Notes and References

1. Goble p. 736
2. https://memory.loc.gov/diglib/ihas/loc.mbrs.sfdb.1776/ Library of Congress / FIAF American Silent Feature Film Survival Database: The Devil's Skipper