The Isle of Conquest explained

The Isle of Conquest is a 1919 American silent drama film starring Norma Talmadge and produced by Talmadge and her husband Joseph Schenck. The film is now considered lost.^{[1] [2]}

Plot

Based upon a short review in a film magazine,^[3] a young woman (Talmadge) marries a wealthy scoundrel so that her mother can live in luxury. While vacationing on his yacht, she becomes shipwrecked and is cast on a desert island with a stoker (Standing) for her companion. They eventually fall in love, but are rescued just before celebrating their wilderness-witnessed nuptials. Her husband later dies, so the lovers are then able to marry.

Cast

• Norma Talmadge as Ethel Harmon
• Wyndham Standing as John Arnold
• Charles K. Gerrard as Van Surdam
• Hedda Hopper as Mrs. Harmon
• Natalie Talmadge as Janis Harmon
• Claire Whitney as Claire Wilson
• Gareth Hughes as Jack Frazier
• Joseph W. Smiley as Dr. Chase
• William Bailey
• Merceita Esmond

See also

• List of lost films

External links

• • • Still of director Edward Jose, the Talmadge sisters and Hedda Hopper during production(Wayback Machine)

Notes and References

1. http://www.silentera.com/PSFL/data/I/IsleOfConquest1919.html The Isle of Conquest at silentera.com
2. http://www.stanford.edu/~gdegroat/NT/oldreviews/ioc.htm The Norma Talmadge Page: The Isle of Conquest, by G. de Groat, Stanford University
3. Naylor . Hazel Simpson . Across the Silversheet: A Review of Recent Pictures . . 19 . 2 . 74–75 . M. P. Publishing . New York . March 2013 . 2013-11-15.