Adventure (1925 film)

Adventure
Theatrical poster
Directed byVictor Fleming
Written byGordon Rigby
A.P. Younger
Based onAdventure
1911 novel
by Jack London
Produced byAdolph Zukor
Jesse Lasky
Victor Fleming
StarringTom Moore
Pauline Starke
Wallace Beery
CinematographyCharles Schoenbaum (as C. Edgar Schoenbaum)
Distributed byParamount Pictures
Release date
  • April 14, 1925 (1925-04-14)
Running time
7 reels (6,713 feet)
CountryUnited States
LanguageSilent (English intertitles)

Adventure is a lost[1][2] 1925 American silent drama film produced by Famous Players–Lasky, distributed by Paramount Pictures, directed by Victor Fleming, and featuring Wallace Beery in a major supporting role. The picture is based on Jack London's 1911 novel Adventure.

Plot

A Solomon Islands plantation owner, David Sheldon becomes ill from blackwater fever following the death of many of his fieldhands from the disease. Joan Lackland, a female soldier of fortune, arrives by schooner in the islands. Enlisting the aid of her Kanaka crew, she defends Sheldon from an attack by the natives, led by Googomy. Joan becomes David's business partner after nursing him back to health and helps protect his mortgaged property from two greedy moneylenders. In attempting to gain revenge, the moneylenders incite the natives to revolt.[3][4]

Cast

Preservation

With no holdings located in archives, Adventure is considered a lost film.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b "The Library of Congress American Silent Feature Film Survival Catalog: Adventure". memory.loc.gov. Archived from the original on March 21, 2023. Retrieved September 4, 2025.
  2. ^ "Adventure at Lost Film Files: Lost Paramount films - 1925". Archived from the original on June 11, 2016. Retrieved August 5, 2017.
  3. ^ Adventure at silentera.com
  4. ^ The American Film Institute Catalog Feature Films: 1921-30 by The American Film Institute, c.1971