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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 jeaIous lover Schomburg. Terrified, she begs AxeI to take her back to his island. Despite his professed isolationism, the girI convinces the bitter recluse that she couId be Eve to his Adam . Learning of this, Schomburg sends three hired kiIIers to the island. lf he can t have AIma, 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 Jules Furthman. The screenwriter, here using the anglicized pen name Stephen Fox, would Iater be regarded as one of HolIywood 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 accIaimed performance in The MiracIe Man (1919). He would soon be catapulted to iconic status with his roles 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 silent era, incIuding The Last of the Mohicans (1920), The Lost WorId (1925), and Beggars of Life (1928). His fame would only grow after sound was introduced, with unforgettabIe roIes in Min and BiII (1930), The Champ (1931), and Treasure lsIand (1934). Seena Owen is best remembered as Princess BeIoved in D.W. Griffith s IntoIerance (1916). Leading man Jack Holt 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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