The Ship of Souls
Still with Chadwick and Lytell
Directed byCharles Miller
Written byFrank P. Donovan
Based onThe Ship of Souls
by Emerson Hough
Produced byMax O. Miller
StarringBert Lytell
Lillian Rich
Cyril Chadwick
CinematographyEdwin B. DuPar
Production
companies
Encore Pictures
Stereoscopic Film Company
Distributed byAssociated Exhibitors
Release date
  • December 20, 1925 (1925-12-20)
Running time
6 reels
CountryUnited States
LanguageSilent (English intertitles)

The Ship of Souls or Ship of Souls is a 1925 American silent 3-D Western drama film,[1] directed by Charles Miller. It was based on the Western novel The Ship of Souls by Emerson Hough, which was published after his death.[2] It was produced by Max O. Miller, who created the 3-D process used in the film.

Plot

Langley Barnes (Bert Lytell) goes to the North Country after being abandoned by his wife. There he falls in love with Christine Garth (Lillian Rich), and even though he is not legally divorced, marries Christine. Captain Churchill (Cyril Chadwick) is posted to the area to build a radio transmitter, and after returning to the United States, marries Langley's wife, who has now obtained a divorce. After Churchill alerts Barnes with a radio transmission, Langley remarries Christine in a legal ceremony.

Cast

Preservation

With no prints of The Ship of Souls located in any film archives,[3] it is a lost film.

References

  1. Hayes, R. M. (1998). 3-D Movies: a History and Filmography of Stereoscopic Cinema. McFarland, ISBN 978-0-7864-0578-7
  2. Munden, Kenneth White (Ed.) The American Film Institute catalog of motion pictures produced in the United States, Part 1: Feature films, 1921 – 1930. University of California Press, ISBN 978-0-520-20969-5
  3. "Ship of Souls". Library of Congress. October 23, 2022.


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