Movielogr
The Isle of Love (1920)
Directed by Fred J. Balshofer
Overview
The original film featured the then unknown Rudolph Valentino. To cash in on his rise to stardom, it was re-edited to feature more of him. Various shots were repeated several times; long shots were blown up into close-ups and inter-cut with other footage; some scenes were projected on a loop, so that Rudolph Valentino repeated the same motions several times over; one scene was used as a flashback; and out-takes from the original were inserted into the new film. In addition, the locale of the new picture was switched from World War 1 Germany to a desert island by the simple expedient of inserting shots of bathing beauties on a palm-fringed beach throughout the film.
Length 50 minutes
Actors
Julian Eltinge | Frederick Ko Vert | William Clifford | Leo White | Virginia Rappe | Rudolph Valentino | Stanton Heck | Charles Millsfield | Alma Francis | Lydia Knott | Fontaine La Rue | Frank Gastrock | William Pearson | Frederick Heck