(For the 1929 talkie see The Isle of Lost Ships (1929 film))
| The Isle of Lost Ships | |
| Director: | Maurice Tourneur |
| Producer: | Maurice Tourneur Productions&<br />Ned Marin |
| Cinematography: | Arthur L. Todd |
| Editing: | Frank Lawrence |
| Distributor: | Associated First National |
| Runtime: | 8 reels (7,425 ft) |
| Country: | United States |
| Language: | Silent (English intertitles) |
The Isle of Lost Ships is a 1923 American silent adventure/melodrama film produced and directed by Maurice Tourneur. It was distributed by Associated First National Pictures.[1] The film is based on the novel The Isle of Dead Ships written by Crittenden Marriott around 1909. In 1929, director Irvin Willat, re-filmed the story.[2] [3]
Maurice Tourneur himself also created a different film with a similar theme called The Ship of Lost Souls in 1929, featuring the young German actress, Marlene Dietrich in the cast.[4]
The 1923 version of the film is believed to be lost, and no longer available.[5]
The story revolves around people and ships trapped in a section of the southern Atlantic Ocean infested with seaweed, known as the Sargasso Sea.
