The Mysterious Island
Actually filmed at the bottom of the ocean off the Bahamas, imperiled by hurricane and storm.
Starring: Lionel Barrymore, Jacqueline Gadsden, Lloyd Hughes, Montagu Love, Montagu Love
Writer: Lucien Hubbard, Jules Verne
October 5, 1929
5.2 / 10
Benjamin Christensen & Lucien Hubbard
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Overview
On a volcanic island near the Kingdom of Hetvia rules Count Dakkar, a benevolent leader and scientist who has eliminated class distinction among the island's inhabitants. Dakkar, his sister Sonia and her fiance, engineer Nicolai Roget have designed a submarine which Roget pilots on its initial voyage just before the island is overrun by Baron Falon, despotic ruler of Hetvia. Falon sets out after Roget in a second submarine and the two craft, diving to the ocean's floor, discover a strange land populated by dragons, giant squid and an eerie undiscovered humanoid race.