The Mutiny of the Elsinore (1920 film)

The Mutiny of the Elisnore
The Mutiny of the Elisnore
	Newspaper advertisement
Directed by	Edward Sloman
Written by	Albert S. Le Vino (scenario)
Based on	The Mutiny of the Elsinore; by Jack London
Starring	Mitchell Lewis; Helen Ferguson; Noah Beery Sr.
Cinematography	Jackson Rose
Production; company	C.E. Shurtleff Inc.
Distributed by	Metro Pictures
Release date	October 1920;
Running time	6 reels
Country	United States
Language	Silent (English intertitles)

The Mutiny of the Elisnore is a 1920 American silent action-adventure film directed by Edward Sloman and starring Mitchell Lewis, Helen Ferguson, and Noah Beery Sr.^[1] It is an adaptation of the 1914 Jack London novel The Mutiny of the Elsinore. An incomplete copy of the film survives at the UCLA Film and Television Archive.^[2]

Plot edit

As described in a film magazine,^[3] during a cruise of the Elsinore, Captain Nathaniel Somers (MacGregor) is assassinated and John Pike (Lewis) takes control of the schooner to provide an income for the skipper's son Dick (Casson Ferguson). The latter dislikes the sea, but Pike insists that he make the voyage to keep his obligations to Margaret West (Helen Ferguson), daughter of a former half-owner of the ship. Members of the crew are cut-throats, and mutiny at the earliest opportunity, giving Pike the fight for his life.

Cast edit

Mitchell Lewis as John Pike
Helen Ferguson as Margaret West
Noah Beery Sr. as Andreas Mellaire
Casson Ferguson as Dick Somers
William V. Mong as Snoop Jenkins, aka The Rat
Norval MacGregor as Captain Nathaniel Somers
Sidney D'Albrook as Crimp Sherman
J.P. Lockney as Jason West

References edit

^ "The Mutiny (1920)". Ftvdb.bfi.org.uk. Archived from the original on May 27, 2009. Retrieved October 30, 2017.
^ "The Mutiny Of The Elsinore / Edward Sloman [motion picture]". Library of Congress. Retrieved October 25, 2020.
^ "Reviews: The Mutiny of the Elsinore". Exhibitors Herald. 11 (7). New York City: Exhibitors Herald Company: 102. August 14, 1920.