The Quest
5.2
“QUAINT AND CLASSY COSTUMES”
John Douglas, a high-society playboy, is a cynic concerning the women of his social set, and has a pictured ideal of the girl of his dreams. Wising to avoid the upcoming social season, he hops a freighter bound for the Orient. It sinks in mid-ocean and he, as the sole survivor, is washed upon a island, where he is rescued by Nia, daughter of the tribal chief, Neto.John is puzzled as all of the tribe are white people, but he learns from the tribal chief they are descendant's of English-origin who also are on the island because of a ship wreck a few hundred years ago.
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Harry A. Pollard
John Douglas
Also in
A Joke on Jane
The Dream Ship
Lucille Ward
Mrs. Chalmers - the Hostess
Known for
Christmas in July
Joseph Singleton
De Villiers - a Man about Town / Neto - Tribal Chief
Also in
The Toll Gate
The Good Bad-Man
Margarita Fischer
Nai
Also in
Uncle Tom's Cabin
A Joke on Jane
Robyn Adair
Kaura - Tribal Sub-Chief
Also in
The Open Track
The Impostor
William A. Carroll
The Tribal Priest
Also in
The Battle at Elderbush Gulch
The Old Actor
Nan Christy
Helen Carruthers - a Social Butterfly
Also in
The Love Liar
The Key to the Past
Harry A. Pollard Director · F. McGrew Willis Story
United States release March 22, 1915 · Produced in United States
Production
American Film Manufacturing Company
Production
United States
Produced in
Languages
Original language
English
Spoken on screen
No dialogue
Release dates
United States · March 22, 1915
Theatrical
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