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The Island of Surprise

Jan 24, 1916 · 50m
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Drama
Comedy

PLOT

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.

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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
Edwin Arden
Directed by Paul Scardon

DETAILS

Status
Released
Original language
EN
Budget
—
Revenue
—
Production
Vitagraph Company of America
Country
US

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