Isle of Escape

Isle of Escape

likenesses of Monte Blue and Myrna Loy
Directed by Howard Bretherton
Written by J. Grubb Alexander
Lucien Hubbard
Story by Jack McClaren
Based on play by Campbell Dixon
Starring Monte Blue
Myrna Loy
Betty Compson
Production
company
Distributed by Warner Bros.
Release dates
 March 1, 1930
Running time
 60 minutes (6 reels)
Country United States
Language English

Isle of Escape is a 1930 American Pre-Code film produced and released by Warner Bros.. The film stars Monte Blue and Myrna Loy and is set in the South Seas. Blue had been playing the man-stranded-on-island roles, in such films as White Shadows in the South Seas at MGM towards the end of the silent era and in this early talkie film continues on in the tradition.[1]

Plot

Monte Blue, a young miner, manages to escape from some cannibals in the South Seas who have killed all of his companions. He arrives at the island of Samora with a bag of gold which he managed to save. Here he meets a brutal man, played by Noah Beery, and a pitiable woman, played by Betty Compson, who had been forced into a secret marriage with Beery. They both run a small hotel. Compson immediately sympathizes with the plight of Blue while Beery sets his greedy eyes on his gold. After the death of Compson's mother, Blue escapes with her to another island. Here they meet an exotic native girl, played by Myrna Loy, who falls in love with Blue and desperately tries to divert his love away from Compson. Eventually, Beery discovers the whereabouts of his wife and arrives on the island.

Cast

Preservation status

Isle of Escape is believed to be a lost film as no copies are known to exist. Recently, a small fragment, running about forty seconds, was discovered by a private collector.[2] A simply neglected film that was probably savable and turned to dust in Warners' vaults. Warner Bros. sold filmography pre-1950 to Associated Artists Productions.

References

  1. ↑ The AFI Catalog of Feature Films: Isle of Escape
  2. ↑ The American Film Institute Catalogue of Feature Films 1921-30 c. 1971 by The American Film Institute

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