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The Altar Stairs (1922)
Directed by Lambert Hillyer
Overview
On an island in the South Seas, derelict Tony Heritage is rescued from savage natives by trader and ship captain Rod McLean, but repays him by stealing Rod’s money and fleeing to France. There, Heritage marries a young French woman named Joie Malet, but her father, Captain Jean Malet, having discovered his miscreant past, snatches Joie from the altar stairs and takes her to a South Sea island where he has been posted. Tony Heritage follows, but Capt. Malet keeps him away from Joie by giving him a job on another island, helping Rod McLean build a new trading post.
Length 50 minutes
Actors
Frank Mayo | Louise Lorraine | Lawrence Hughes | J. Jiquel Lanoe | Harry De Vere | Hugh Thompson | Boris Karloff | Dagmar Godowsky | Nick De Ruiz