Volcano! (1926 film)
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Directed byWilliam K. Howard
Written byBernard McConville (scenario)
Based onMartinique
1920 play
by Laurence Eyre
1920 play
by Laurence Eyre
Produced byAdolph Zukor
Jesse L. Lasky
Jesse L. Lasky
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| Directed by | William K. Howard |
| Written by | Bernard McConville (scenario) |
| Based on | Martinique 1920 play by Laurence Eyre |
| Produced by | Adolph Zukor Jesse L. Lasky |
| Starring | Bebe Daniels Ricardo Cortez Wallace Beery |
| Cinematography | Lucien N. Andriot |
| Distributed by | Paramount Pictures |
Release date |
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Running time | 60 minutes; 6 reels |
| Country | United States |
| Language | Silent (English intertitles) |
Volcano! is a 1926 American silent drama film directed by William K. Howard and starring Bebe Daniels, Ricardo Cortez, and Wallace Beery. The picture was produced by Famous Players–Lasky and distributed by Paramount Pictures. It is based on a 1920 Broadway play Martinique by Laurence Eyre.[1] It is preserved in the Library of Congress, UCLA Film & Television Archive, and The Museum of Modern Art.[2][3][4][5]
In 1850s French Martinique, a young woman newly arrived from France is banished by her tyrannical stepmother to a mixed-race quarter. There, she is auctioned off, sparking an intense rivalry between two passionate men in this exotic silent melodrama.
Cast
- Bebe Daniels as Zabette de Chavalons
- Ricardo Cortez as Stephane Sequineau
- Wallace Beery as Quembo
- Arthur Edmund Carewe as Marice Sequineau
- Dale Fuller as Cedrien
- Eulalie Jensen as Madame de Chauvalons
- Brandon Hurst as Andre de Chauvalons
- Marjorie Gay as Marie de Chauvalons
- Bob Perry as Pere Benedict (credited as Robert Perry)
- Snitz Edwards as Auctioneer
- Emily Barrye as Azaline
- Bowditch M. Turner as Cafe Manager (credited as Bowditch Turner)
- Edith Yorke as Mother Superior
- Mathilde Comont as Madame Timbuctoo
