The Mystery of Dead Man's Isle

1915 Drama 16 minutes Directed by Giles R. Warren

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About The Mystery of Dead Man's Isle

A fisherman, Robert Wayne, lands on an island that has been empty for a long time and finds a young woman, Hulda. She warns him that people who come ashore on Dead Man’s Isle do not live long. Clyde Benson plays Wayne. Edith Johnson plays Hulda. James Oliver Curwood wrote the story.

Cast & crew

More about The Mystery of Dead Man's Isle

Giles Warren directed. William N. Selig produced. General Film released the one-reeler on 30 June 1915. A listing times it at 16 minutes. An Internet Archive copy is filed as silent-the-mystery-of-dead-mans-isle.

Themes

  • An island that was supposed to be empty
  • A warning about landing
  • Two people and a curse
  • Dead Man's Isle
  • Hulda
  • Robert Wayne
  • James Oliver Curwood
  • Selig
  • fisherman

Making

Selig puts Curwood’s island warning into one reel and two players. The published synopsis stops on Hulda’s sentence.

Music

Silent.

Preservation

A print survives.

Notes

  • Curwood’s name is the story credit. Warren’s is the direction.
  • The warning is the plot point the synopses keep: landing shortens a life.
  • Johnson and Benson are the only two players named.
  • The film is in the public domain in the United States.

Scenes

  • Wayne comes ashore and finds Hulda.
  • She tells him that people who land there do not last.

Also available

  • Internet Archive (silent-the-mystery-of-dead-mans-isle)