Headline
Lorna Doone at the Queen's Theatre: A Picture of Surpassing Beauty
Newspaper Source
Publication Date
1925-05-11
- Publication Year
1925
Page
6
Key Person
Film Projector / Film(s)
Lorna Doone
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Actors
Madge Bellamy
Director
Maurice Tourneur
Writer
R.D. Blackmore (screen version: of famous story)
Country
USA
Released
1923-09-17
Runtime
70 min
Genre
Drama
Language
None
Plot
In 17th-century England, an outlaw clan kidnaps a young girl, who grows up among them. The farm boy who met her just before the kidnapping eventually rescues her, and they fall in love.
Rated
Passed
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Treasure Island
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Actors
Shirley Mason
Director
Maurice Tourneur
Writer
Jules Furthman
Country
USA
Released
1920-04-04
Runtime
76 min
Genre
Adventure
Language
None
Plot
Young Jim Hawkins is caught up with the pirate Long John Silver in search of the buried treasure of the buccaneer Captain Flint, in this adaptation of the classic novel by Robert Louis ...
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The Last of the Mohicans
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Actors
Wallace Beery
Director
Clarence Brown
Writer
James Fenimore Cooper (novel)
Country
USA
Released
1920-11-21
Runtime
73 min
Genre
Action
Language
None
Plot
As Alice and Cora Munro attempt to find their father, a British officer in the French and Indian War, they are set upon by French soldiers and their cohorts, Huron tribesmen led by the evil...
Awards
1 win.
Rated
Not Rated
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Summary
Lorna Doone' is now being shown at the Queen's Theatre to crowded houses. Cinema-goers of this Colony have been impressed with Maurice Tourner's [sic] remarkable version of R. D. Blackmore's novel. Maurice Tourneur has earned a reputation as an educator in the film industry through his screen productions of 'classic' such as 'Treasure Island' and 'The Last of the Mohicans.' 'Lorna Doone' for many years has been included in the list of books studied by classes in English literature.
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