Shipwrecked (1926 film)

1926 silent film by Joseph Henabery

Shipwrecked

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Directed by| Joseph Henabery
Douglas Dawson (ass't director)
Written by| Finis Fox (adaptation)
Harold Shumate (scenario)
Based on| Shipwrecked
by Langdon McCormick
Produced by| John C. Flinn
Starring| Seena Owen
Joseph Schildkraut
Cinematography| David Kesson
Dewey Wrigley

Production
company

Metropolitan Pictures Corporation of California

Distributed by| Producers Distributing Corporation (PDC)

Release date

* August 4, 1926 (1926-08-04)

Running time

| 74 minutes
Country| United States
Language| Silent (English intertitles)

Shipwrecked is a 1926 American silent romantic adventure film. It was directed by Joseph Henabery, starring Seena Owen and Joseph Schildkraut. It is based on the play Shipwrecked by Langdon McCormick and was released through Producers Distributing Corporation.[1][2][3]

## Cast

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* Seena Owen as Lois Austin
* Joseph Schildkraut as Larry O'Neil
* Matthew Betz as Captain Klodel
* Clarence Burton as Red Gowland
* Laska Winter as Zanda
* Lionel Belmore as John Beacon
* Erwin Connelly as Chumbley

## Release

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Shipwrecked premiered at Bard's West Adams on the theater's opening night: August 4, 1926. The cast was in attendance, as was Ben Hur screenwriter Carey Wilson who introduced the film.[4]

## Preservation

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Still with Schildkraut and Owen

A print of Shipwrecked is preserved at the Library of Congress at its Packard Campus.[5][6]

## References

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1. ^ Progressive Silent Film List: Shipwrecked at silentera.com
2. ^ The AFI Catalog of Feature Films: Shipwrecked
3. ^ Shipwrecked on Broadway, Wallack's Theatre, Nov.-Dec. 1924; IBDb.com
4. ^ "Premiere for Bard's New House". Los Angeles Times. August 4, 1926.
5. ^ Catalog of Holdings The American Film Institute Collection and The United Artists Collection at The Library of Congress, p. 164, c.1978 by The American Film Institute
6. ^ The Library of Congress American Silent Feature Film Survival Catalog: Shipwrecked

## External links

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