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The Mysterious Island (Original title)
Date: 1929 (Release)

Country: USA

Director: Lucien Hubbard, Maurice Tourneur

Synopsis: Melodrama involving an undersea city, dragons, submarines, and an attempt by revolutionaries to capture the island.

Genre:
Melodrama
Credits (3)
Production Company: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Pictures Corporation
Cast (5)
Lionel Barrymore, Jane Daly, Lloyd Hughes, Montagu Love, Harry Gribbon
Articles held in BFI Reuben Library (3)
In: Fangoria v5 n62 March 1987  Pages: 48-49
Title: Pit and pen: The screen voyages of Lionel Barrymore and...Author: GORDON, Alex Article type: ArticleLanguage: English
Description: "...Captain Nemo". On the work of Lionel Barrymore, particularly in BODY AND SOUL and The MYSTERIOUS ISLAND.

In: Photoplay v35 n6 June 1984  Page: 54
Title: [Photoplay - v35 n6 June 1984: no known title]Language: English

In: The Bioscope v83 n1235 4 Jun 1930  Page: 43
Title: [The Bioscope - v83 n1235 4 Jun 1930: no known title]Language: English


Film, Video or Digital materials held in BFI National Archive(2)
Digital materials(1)
Description: MOVBFI identifier: N-727004
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved digital file



Film materials(1)
Description: 35mm Colour NegativeBase: NitrateSound: SilentStock date: 1925BFI identifier: N-662334
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved film (servicing required)