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The Phantom Island (1916)
Short | 20 min | Short, Drama

The Phantom Island (1916)

Short | 20 min | Short, Drama

In order that his daughter, Pearl, may become better acquainted with her fiancée, Robert Law, Mr. Jeffries, a wealthy man, has sent them in his private yacht for a cruise in the South Sea. Robert takes his servant, John, along. Jeffries ...See moreIn order that his daughter, Pearl, may become better acquainted with her fiancée, Robert Law, Mr. Jeffries, a wealthy man, has sent them in his private yacht for a cruise in the South Sea. Robert takes his servant, John, along. Jeffries has just received a letter from his daughter stating that they were leaving Cuba and that she thought his suggestion of taking the trip to become better acquainted with Robert was a good one. Hardly had he finished reading this letter before one of his clerks brought in a newspaper telling of the wreck of the Mary Anne, the boat in which the young people had sailed. The paper advances the theory that all were lost. Jeffries is stunned by the blow and does everything possible to find out if there were any survivors. On an island in the South Sea a piece of wreckage is thrown upon the beach, clinging to it are three people, Robert, Pearl and John. As time goes on Robert neglects the girl more and more and she learns to rely upon John for everything. Several times John has discovered a strange creature watching them and the three begin to think that the island is haunted, as they can never get but a glimpse of the phantom. One night the phantom slips into the primitive hut in which Pearl sleeps and tries to take the girl away. John hears her screams and rushes in and frightens the intruder away. He tracks the creature to a cave and they have a fight. John finds that the phantom is really an old man, half crazed from the solitude and in the fight which follows, John throws the old man over a cliff. John sees a cave nearby and wandering in he finds a chest full of gold and silver. John realizes that with the wealth he has, he has an equal chance to win the girl, but in the greed for wealth, which follows, he forgets everything but the sight of money. He is recalled to the present by the arrival of Robert and Pearl and he tries to hide the chest of wealth. The old man, however, had not been killed, but only stunned, and he makes his way back to the cave. John tells Pearl that she belongs to him now and attempts to carry her away. He and Robert have a fight, during which John is knocked out. Pearl then realizes that she has been deluded in John and has cared for Robert all the time. The old man then returns and lays claim to the chest, which John thought was his own. The story ends happily when a passing vessel sees their distress signal and takes them off the island. Written by Moving Picture World synopsis See less

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6 cast members

Name	Known for
Francis Ford John Harding John Harding See fewer	The Purple Mask (1916)
Dorothy Davenport Pearl Jeffries Pearl Jeffries See fewer	Human Wreckage (1923)
Jay Belasco Robert Law Robert Law See fewer	Sweetheart Daze (1926)
Bert Wilson Mr. Jeffries - Pearl's Father Mr. Jeffries - Pearl's Father See fewer	The Broken Coin (1915)
Bobbie Mack The Phantom The Phantom See fewer	The Student Prince in Old Heidelberg (1927)
John T. Prince Actor Actor See fewer	Dr. Jack (1922)