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McVeagh of the South Seas
Also known as Brute Island in the USA
(1914) United States of America
B&W : Five reels
Directed by Harry Carey and Cyril Bruce (Harry Carey)

Cast: Harry Carey [Cyril Bruce McVeagh], Fern Foster [Liana], Herbert Russell [‘Pearly’ Gates], Kathleen Butler (Kathleen Butler Pemberton) [Nancy Darrell], Jack Terry [Harmon Darrell]

The Progressive Motion Picture Company production; distributed by Alliance Films Corporation. / Scenario by H.D. Carey (Harry Carey), from a novel (screen story) by H.D. Carey (Harry Carey). Assistant director, Gregory Allen. / Released 2 November 1914. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format. / The film was rereleased in the USA as Brute Island by [?] Masterpiece and/or World Film Corporation? in 1920; the rerelease included new intertitles written by Harry Chandlee and William B. Laub. The film was reedited and rereleased in the USA on State Rights basis by Greiver Productions in 1921.

Drama: South Seas.

Synopsis: Synopsis available in AFI-F1 n. F1.2698.

Survival status: Print exists.

Current rights holder: Public domain [USA].

Listing updated: 24 August 2023.

References: AFI-F1 n. F1.2698; Limbacher-Feature p. 33 : Website-AFI; Website-IMDb.

Home video: DVD.

 
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