''Rainbow Island'' is a 1917 American
short
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comedy film
A comedy film is a category of film which emphasizes humor. These films are designed to make the audience laugh through amusement. Films in this style traditionally have a happy ending (black comedy being an exception). Comedy is one of the ol ...
featuring
Harold Lloyd
Harold Clayton Lloyd, Sr. (April 20, 1893 – March 8, 1971) was an American actor, comedian, and stunt performer who appeared in many silent comedy films.Obituary ''Variety'', March 10, 1971, page 55.
One of the most influential film co ...
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Plot
While fishing in a rowboat, Harold and Snub find a message in a bottle. The paper contains a map of Rainbow Island with an X indicating buried treasure. When they row to the island in search of the treasure, they are quickly captured by a tribe of cannibals.
Cast
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Harold Lloyd
Harold Clayton Lloyd, Sr. (April 20, 1893 – March 8, 1971) was an American actor, comedian, and stunt performer who appeared in many silent comedy films.Obituary ''Variety'', March 10, 1971, page 55.
One of the most influential film co ...
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Snub Pollard
Harold Fraser (9 November 1889 – 19 January 1962), known professionally as Snub Pollard, was an Australian-born vaudevillian, who became a silent film comedian in Hollywood, popular in the 1920s.
Career
Born in Melbourne, Australia, on 9 No ...
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Bebe Daniels
Phyllis Virginia "Bebe" Daniels (January 14, 1901 – March 16, 1971) was an American actress, singer, dancer, writer, and producer.
She began her career in Hollywood during the silent film era as a child actress, became a star in musicals such ...
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Frank Alexander
* Carl Barbesgaard
* William Blaisdell
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Sammy Brooks
Sammy Brooks (July 10, 1891 – May 16, 1951) was an American film actor. He appeared in 218 films between 1916 and 1938. He was born in New York City and died in Los Angeles, California.
Selected filmography
* Luke, the Candy Cut-Up (19 ...
* Walter Crompton
* Billy Evans
* Billy Fay (as William Fay)
* Max Hamburger
* Oscar Larson
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Gus Leonard
Gus "Pop" Leonard (February 4, 1859 – March 27, 1939) was an American film actor.
Biography
The French-born actor began his long career on the stage in San Francisco, California, while he was still a child in the 1860s. In later years, h ...
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Belle Mitchell
Belle Mitchell (September 24, 1889 – February 12, 1979) was an American stage and film actress. She appeared in more than 100 films between 1915 and 1978. She was born in Croswell, Michigan and died in Woodland Hills, Los Angeles.
Partia ...
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Fred C. Newmeyer
* Hazel Powell
* Hazel Redmond
* Gertrude Smith
* Nina Speight
See also
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Harold Lloyd filmography
These are the known films of Harold Lloyd (1893–1971), an American actor and filmmaker most famous for his hugely successful and influential silent film comedies.
Most of these films are known to survive in Lloyd's personal archive collection ...
References
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1917 films
American silent short films
1917 comedy films
1917 short films
American black-and-white films
Silent American comedy films
American comedy short films
1910s American films
1910s English-language films
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