Volcano! is a 1926 American silent drama film directed by William K. Howard and starring Bebe Daniels, Ricardo Cortez, and Wallace Beery. The picture was produced by Famous Players–Lasky and distributed by Paramount Pictures. It is based on a 1920 Broadway play Martinique by Laurence Eyre.Martinique produced on Broadway April-May 1920, Eltinge 42nd Street Theatre; IBDb.com It is preserved in the Library of Congress, UCLA Film & Television Archive, and The Museum of Modern Art.The American Film Institute Catalog Feature Films: 1921-30 by The American Film Institute, c.1971The AFI Catalog of Feature Films:Volcano!(Wayback)Catalog of Holdings The American Film Institute Collection and The United Artist Collection at The Library of Congress, p. 202, c.1978 by The American Film InstituteThe Library of Congress American Silent Feature Film Survival Catalog: Volcano
Plot In 1850s French Martinique, a young woman newly arrived from France is banished by her tyrannical stepmother to a mixed-race quarter. There, she is auctioned off, sparking an intense rivalry between two passionate men in this exotic silent melodrama.
Cast
See also List of early color feature films
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Line drawn artwork poster Lobby card and a film poster (archived @ worthpoint)