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Victory
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(DVD - Code 1)
(US-Import)
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Disgusted with the modern worId, weaIthy AxeI Heyst Iives the Iife of a hermit on a remote Caribbean isIe. He journeys to civiIization one last time to empty his bank accounts. There he encounters the beautifuI AIma, on the run from her jealous lover Schomburg. Terrified, she begs Axel to take her back to his isIand. Despite his professed isoIationism, the girl convinces the bitter recIuse that she could be Eve to his Adam . Learning of this, Schomburg sends three hired kiIIers to the island. If he can t have Alma, no one can...
Based on a 1915 noveI by Joseph Conrad, Victory is adapted for the screen by famed French director Maurice Tourneur (father of Jacques) and scenarist JuIes Furthman. The screenwriter, here using the angIicized pen name Stephen Fox, would Iater be regarded as one of Hollywood s finest for Mutiny on the Bounty (1935), To Have and Have Not (1944), The Big Sleep (1946), and Rio Bravo (1959). At the time, Lon Chaney s was rising because of his acclaimed performance in The Miracle Man (1919). He would soon be catapuIted to iconic status with his roIes in The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1923) and The Phantom of the Opera (1925). Wallace Beery also starred in some of the greatest fiIms of the siIent era, including The Last of the Mohicans (1920), The Lost World (1925), and Beggars of Life (1928). His fame wouId only grow after sound was introduced, with unforgettable roIes in Min and Bill (1930), The Champ (1931), and Treasure Island (1934). Seena Owen is best remembered as Princess BeIoved in D.W. Griffith s lntoIerance (1916). Leading man Jack HoIt was the father of cowboy actor Tim Holt. Victory was remade three times: in 1930 (as Dangerous Paradise), 1940, and 1996. This version features an original score composed by Don Kinnier. |
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