''The Shark'' is a
lost
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Geography
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History
*Abbreviation of lost work, any work which is known to have bee ...
1920 American silent film produced and distributed by
Fox Film Corporation
The Fox Film Corporation (also known as Fox Studios) was an American Independent film production studio formed by William Fox (1879–1952) in 1915, by combining his earlier Greater New York Film Rental Company and Box Office Attractions Film ...
. It was directed by
Dell Henderson
George Delbert "Dell" Henderson (July 5, 1877 – December 2, 1956) was a Canadian-American actor, director, and writer. He began his long and prolific film career in the early days of silent film.
Biography
Born in the Southwestern Ontario city ...
and starred
George Walsh
George Frederick Walsh (March 16, 1889 – June 13, 1981) was an American actor. An all-around athlete, who became an actor and later returned to sport, he enjoyed 40 years of fame and was a performer with dual appeal, with women loving hi ...
.
Cast
*
George Walsh
George Frederick Walsh (March 16, 1889 – June 13, 1981) was an American actor. An all-around athlete, who became an actor and later returned to sport, he enjoyed 40 years of fame and was a performer with dual appeal, with women loving hi ...
as Shark Rawley
*Robert Broderick as Rodman Selby
*William Nally as Sanchez
*James T. Mack as Hump Logan
*Henry Pemberton as Juan Najera
*Marie Pagano as Carlotta
*Mary Hall as Doris Selby
Plot
The story revolves around Shark Rawley, a sailor on a tramp steamer who saves a woman by the name of Doris Hall from the crew of the ship and its captain Sanchez. The film climaxes with the ship burning when a fire breaks out. Rawley and Hall escape and while waiting for the rescue boat they fall in love with each other.
See also
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List of Fox Film films
This is a list of feature films produced by the Fox Film Corporation, including those films produced by its corporate predecessor, the Box Office Attractions Company. Some of the later films in this list were produced by Fox Film, but were release ...
*
1937 Fox vault fire
The 1937 Fox vault fire was a major fire that broke out in a 20th Century-Fox film-storage facility in Little Ferry, New Jersey, United States, on July 9, 1937. Flammable nitrate film had previously contributed to several fires in film-industr ...
References
External links
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allmovie/synopsis; ''The Shark''
1920 films
American silent feature films
Fox Film films
Lost American films
1920 drama films
Silent American drama films
American black-and-white films
1920 lost films
Lost drama films
Films directed by Dell Henderson
1920s American films
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