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The Island of Surprise(1916)

Drama Comedy

Status: Released

Date: 1916-01-24

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Time: 0h 50m

Overview:

Robert Lovell falls in love with his father’s secretary Dorothy Arden and marries her in secret despite his father and his business partner Daniel Casselis’s attempts to arrange a match for him with Daniel’s daughter, also named Dorothy. When circumstances lead to the three young people ending up stranded on a lonely island in the Pacific, complications ensue, especially when Bob suffers a blow which temporarily wipes out his memory and he cannot remember which Dorothy is his wife! All ends happily, however.

Languages: No Language.

Countries:

United States of America

ProductionCompanies:

Vitagraph Company of America

Movie: The Island of Surprise

Top 10 Billed Cast

William Courtenay

Robert Lovell

Charles Kent

Godfrey Lovell

Anders Randolf

Daniel Casselis

Denton Vane

Doctor Elverson

Eleanor Woodruff

Dorothy Arden

Zena Keefe

Dorothy Casselis

Julia Swayne Gordon

Mrs. Lovell

Charles Wellesley

Charles Wellesley

Edwin Arden

Caroline Frances Cooke

Mrs. Casselis

Logan Paul

Logan Paul

Yacht Captain

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