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Mr. Robinson Crusoe (1932)
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19 August 1932 (USA) morePlot:
Yachtsman Steve Drexel bets his friends that he can swim ashore on a remote south-seas island with nothing... more | add synopsisUser Comments:
Doug Is At It Again moreCast
(Complete credited cast) | Douglas Fairbanks | ... | Steve Drexel |
 | William Farnum | ... | William Belmont |
| Earle Browne | ... | Professor Carmichale |
| Maria Alba | ... | Saturday |
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76 min | Canada:66 min (Ontario) | USA:70 min (DVD)Country:
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A wealthy American bets his buddies he can act like MR. ROBINSON CRUSOE and stay quite happily all alone for several months on a deserted South Seas Island.
The Silent Era's greatest adventure star, Douglas Fairbanks, makes a brief return to his glory days in this lighthearted, tongue-in-cheek film which has become unfortunately obscure. With an original story by Elton Thomas (Doug's pseudonym) this was one of only four talkie films which would star Fairbanks; he also acted as producer. Released in some venues as a silent film - which explains the long sections without direct dialogue - the movie would give Doug one last bite at that particular apple.
Ever the affable good fellow, 49-year-old Doug is still agile as a cat and his innocent flirtation with lovely Maria Alba, his 22-year-old Spanish co-star , isn't too mawkish even though he's easily old enough to be her father. Miss Alba's first scene, however, quickly reminds the viewer of the movie's pre-Code standing.
Location filming in Fiji, Samoa & Tahiti are certainly big benefits to the story. Doug made sure the plot gave him the sort of scenes he loved to play: fanciful (all the wonderful contrivances & contraptions which make his tree house more comfortable) and exciting (Fairbanks gets to match wits against an entire tribe of headhunters).
Although sometimes rather intrusive, Alfred Newman's score is still richly evocative of the South Seas. He would later rework some of the melodies for even greater effect in THE HURRICANE (1937).