A Desperate Moment is a 1926 American silent drama film directed by Jack Dawn and starring Wanda Hawley, Theodore von Eltz, and Sheldon Lewis.[1]

A Desperate Moment
Directed byJack Dawn
Written byCoral Burnette
Bertha M. Price
StarringWanda Hawley
Theodore von Eltz
Sheldon Lewis
CinematographyRoland Price
Edited byJoe Rock
Production
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Banner Productions
Distributed byHenry Ginsberg Distributing Company
Release date
  • January 19, 1926 (1926-01-19)
Running time
6 reels
CountryUnited States
LanguageSilent (English intertitles)

Plot

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As described in a film magazine review,[2] while on a yachting trip with her father, Virginia Dean falls in love with Captain John Reynolds. The schooner is seized by bandit stowaways, who kill several crewmembers, and then set the elder Peter Dean and the remaining crew adrift, but hold Virginia and John hostage. The vessel catches fire and burns to the waterline and is abandoned, the survivors reaching a tropical island. While the gangsters reform, their leader Blackie Slade incites the island's natives to attack the party. Blackie is slain and the others are rescued by a passing steamer. John and Virginia are then united.

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References

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  1. ^ Munden p. 182
  2. ^ Pardy, George T. (January 9, 1926), "Pre-Release Review of Features: A Desperate Moment", Motion Picture News, 33 (2), New York City, New York: Motion Picture News, Inc.: 192, retrieved January 8, 2023   This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.

Bibliography

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  • Munden, Kenneth White. The American Film Institute Catalog of Motion Pictures Produced in the United States, Part 1. University of California Press, 1997.
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