Isle of Sunken Gold explained

Isle of Sunken Gold
Director:	Harry S. Webb
Producer:	Nat Levine
Distributor:	Mascot Pictures
Runtime:	10 episodes
Country:	United States
Language:	Silent (English intertitles)

Isle of Sunken Gold is a 1927 American silent adventure film serial directed by Harry S. Webb. The film was long considered to be lost,^[1] however, chapters 4, 5, and 6 and reel 1 of chapter 7 were recently discovered in a European archive and retranslated back into English.

Plot

A ship captain gets a hold of half of a map leading to a treasure buried on an island in the South Seas. The ruler of the island, a beautiful princess, has the other half of the map, and the two join forces to battle a gang of pirates and a group of islanders who don't want anyone to get the treasure. It is discovered in a cave guarded by a ferocious fanged ape named Kong

Cast

• Anita Stewart as Princess Kala of Tafofu
• Duke Kahanamoku as Lono
• Bruce Gordon as Tod Lorre, captain of the Roamer
• Evangeline Russell as Lua
• Curtis 'Snowball' McHenry as Possum
• Jack P. Pierce (credited as John Pierce)

Chapter titles

1. Isle of Sunken Gold
2. Trapped in Mid-Air
3. Engulfed by the Sea
4. The Volcano's Pit
5. The Hulk of Death
6. The Prey of Sharks
7. Fire of Revenge
8. The Battle of Canoes
9. Trapped by the Ape
10. The Devil Ape's Secret

Notes and References

1. Web site: Progressive Silent Film List: Isle of Sunken Gold . February 17, 2008. silentera.com.