Stark Mad
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| Directed by | Lloyd Bacon |
| Written by | Francis Powers (titles, silent version; uncredited) |
| Screenplay by | Harvey Gates |
| Story by | Jerome Kingston |
| Starring | H. B. Warner |
| Cinematography | Barney McGill |
| Edited by | Ralph Dawson |
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Production
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| Distributed by | Warner Bros. |
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Release dates
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February 2, 1929 |
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Running time
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70 minutes; 7 reels (sound version) |
| Country | US |
| Language | English |
Stark Mad is 1929 American Pre-Code adventure film produced and distributed by Warner Bros. and directed by Lloyd Bacon. It starred silent screen greats H. B. Warner, Louise Fazenda, Jacqueline Logan and Henry B. Walthall.
Plot
James Rutherford has organized an expedition to the jungles of Central America to find his missing son, Bob, and his guide, Simpson. Professor Dangerfield intercepts the party, bringing with him Simpson, whose jungle experience has made him a raving maniac. They go ashore and decide to spend a night at a Mayan temple. After Irene, Bob's fiancée, disappears, they come across a gigantic ape chained to the floor, and Captain Rhodes, commander of the yacht, is abducted by a strange monster with great hairy talons. Messages are found warning the party to leave. Sewald, an explorer, is mysteriously killed by an arrow. Simpson's reason returns, and he saves the party, revealing that the demented hermit, whom he has just killed, and who formerly occupied the ruins, murdered Bob two months before.
Cast
- H. B. Warner as Professor Dangerfield
- Louise Fazenda as Mrs. Fleming
- Jacqueline Logan as Irene
- Henry B. Walthall as Captain Rhodes
- Claude Gillingwater as James Rutherford
- John Miljan as Dr. Milo
- Andre Beranger as Simpson, a guide
- Warner Richmond as First mate
- Lionel Belmore as Amos Sewald
Preservation status
The film was released in a silent version for theaters not converted to sound.[1] Both sound and silent versions are lost.[2][3]
In February 1956, Jack Warner sold the rights to all of his pre-December 1949 films, including Stark Mad, to Associated Artists Productions (AAP). It is unknown, the film was copied onto 16mm, but it did not show on television, the film is still kept in the television syndication package. In 1969, UA donated 16mm prints of some Warner Bros. films from outside the United States.[citation needed]
See also
- The Lost World (1925)
- King Kong (1933)
References
External links
- Stark Mad, imdb.com
- Synopsis at AllMovie
- lobby poster to lost film Stark Mad
