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Silent film version of Daniel Defoe's novel Robinson Crusoe, directed and produced (and starring) M.A. Wetherell.
Robinson Crusoe
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28 Apr 1927
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Pretty feeble filmmaking - director's history suggests he may have been one of those marginal figures on the peripheries of the industry? For some reason, he felt like he had to add a love interest for Crusoe. Female,that is. All throughout RC's disappearance,she sits home in Bristol with needlework,like she was Penelope or something.
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Given that 1927 gave us Sunrise and Napoleon, the filmmaking here is very rudimentary. It looks like it was made in about 1912.
Yup, pretty bad, but it’s not unwatchable. And it’s only 45 mins.
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This feels very amateur. Written, directed and starring Wetherill, he doesn't have much sense of drama - it's just one scene after another, and he doesn't know how to make the sense interesting or express what's at stake in any given moment. The only real sense you get is that being stranded on a desert island must be pretty boring.