Those Who Dare (1924)
1h 10m
Running Time
November 15, 1924Release Date
Those Who Dare (1924)
1h 10m
Running Time
November 15, 1924Release Date
Plot.
Captain Manning, a seasoned salt, is ordered to remove his battered ship, the Swallow, from the town's harbor because of a superstition connected with it. The captain, who lives alone, visits the Mariner's Home and relates the story of how he came into possession of the schooner. Manning was the first mate on the yacht of a wealthy man when it encountered the Swallow at sea. He went on board, accompanied by the drug-addicted son of his employer, and discovered a mutinous crew and a disabled captain fighting for control of the ship. Manning took charge and brought the ship safely to port, after successfully putting down the mutineers by humiliating their leader, who had kept them in fear by practicing voodoo in the ship's hold. Manning later married the captain's daughter. Now he controls the ship.
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Cast & Crew.
John Bowers
Captain Manning
Marguerite De La Motte
Marjorie
Joseph J. Dowling
David Rollins
Claire McDowell
Mrs. Rollins
Martha Marshall
Cecilia Thorne
Edmund Burns
Harry Rollins
Spottiswoode Aitken
Thorne Wtherell
Sheldon Lewis
Serpent Smith
Cesare Gravina
Panka
June Norton
J. Farrell MacDonald
John B. O'Brien
Director
Frank S. Beresford
Writer
Devereaux Jennings
Cinematography
I.W. Irving
Original Story
Fred Walker
Details.
This Movie Is About.
held by the cineteca italiana in milan.
Wiki.
Those Who Dare is a 1924 American silent drama film directed by John B. O'Brien and starring John Bowers, Marguerite De La Motte, and Joseph J. Dowling. Though some reference books consider it a horror film, it is not known how overt the voodoo element was, since the film no longer exists. The film co-stars a couple of actors however who were associated with the 1920s horror film genre, Sheldon Lewis (who starred in Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1920 Haydon film)), and Cesare Gravina (who starred with Lon Chaney in The Man Who Laughs, 1928). Director O'Brien quit directing in 1926, and spent the last ten years of his life acting in bit parts.