Perils of the Wild (lost adventure film serial; 1925)

PERILS OF THE WILD is a lost 15 chapters serial featuring Joe Bonomo, the strongman, in the lead role. It is an adaptation of the novel "The Swiss Family Robinson " by Johann Wyss and was released in 1925.

Synopsis

The serial takes the premise of the original novel, and uses it as a starting point for an entirely new storyline. In the serial, the Robinsons are marooned on the island as in the novel, but they accidentally stumble on the hideout of a gang of pirates led by Black Butler (Francis Ford). Judging by surviving stills, the Robinsons make off with Black Butler's treasure chest, which he tries to retrieve, setting the action into motion (the chest being the MacGuffin of the plot). Not much else is known about the plot of this serial.

Notes

This was the first adaptation of Johann Wyss's novel.

References

Continued Next Week (book by Kalton C. Lahue) Bound and Gagged (book by Kalton C Lahue)

External Sources

1. PERILS OF THE WILD (Wikipedia entry) 2. PERILS OF THE WILD (IMDB entry) 3. PERILS OF THE WILD (Silentera entry)