The Mysterious Island

The Mysterious Island (1929)

Actually filmed at the bottom of the ocean off the Bahamas, imperiled by hurricane and storm.

In the peaceful kingdom of Hetvia, Count Dakkar prepares two high-tech submarines to explore the ocean depths. Jealous of Hetvia's bounty and eager for war, the wicked Baron Hubert Falon attempts to steal the two submersibles for nefarious use. An undersea chase ensues, which leads the two rivals, along with Dakkar's daughter and her lover, into a secret world ruled by a race of strange aquatic creatures.

Date of release
1929-10-05
TMDB
5.6 / 10 (21)
Runtime
1h 35m
Genres
Adventure, Science Fiction, Action, Drama, Fantasy, Horror
Director
Lucien Hubbard, Benjamin Christensen, Maurice Tourneur

Casting

Interesting facts

  • Box office: $1.1M
  • Budget: $55K
  • Earned 20.5× its budget
  • Based on: The Mysterious Island

The Mysterious Island is a 1929 American sound part-talkie science fiction film directed by Lucien Hubbard, based on Jules Verne's 1874 novel L'Île mystérieuse. The film was photographed largely in two-color Technicolor. In addition to sequences with audible dialogue or talking sequences, the film features a synchronized musical score and sound effects along with English intertitles. The sound was recorded via the Western Electric sound-on-film process. The film was released by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer.

Production

The film had a budget of $1,130,000. According to an article in the original Famous Monsters of Filmland magazine, production was actually started in 1926. There were various problems, including weather and the advent of talkies, which slowed/halted production several times before the film was finally completed and released three years later.

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