''Toilers of the Sea'' is a lost 1923 American silent

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directed by

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and starring

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and Horace Tesseron. It is an adaptation of

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's novel of the same title.

Plot

As described in a film magazine review, Captain Jean and his daughter Hélène live in an Italian fishing hamlet. Captain André persuades him to induce the villagers to invest their savings in a project to purchase trading vessels. André embezzles the money and hides it in the volcanic crater of

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. Sandro, in love with Hélène, trails André to the mountains. A fight takes place, André is killed, and Sandro takes the money back to the villagers. Hélène and Sandro then wed.

Cast

as Hélène *

as Sandro * Horace Tesseron as Captain Jean * Dell Cawley as Captain André *

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as The Priest

Production

''Toilers of the Sea'' was filmed in Italy.Progressive Silent Film List: ''Toilers of the Sea''
at silentera.com

References

Bibliography

* Goble, Alan. ''The Complete Index to Literary Sources in Film''. Walter de Gruyter, 1999.

External links

* 1923 films 1923 drama films 1920s English-language films American silent feature films Silent American drama films American black-and-white films Films directed by Roy William Neill Seafaring films Selznick Pictures films 1920s American films Silent adventure films {{1920s-US-film-stub