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Robinson Crusoe
(1924) United States of America
B&W : One reel
Directed by Bryan Foy
Cast: C.L. Sherwood [Robinson Crusoe], Lola Todd [the cannibal chief’s prisoner], Curtis McHenry (‘Snowball’ McHenry) [Friday]
[?] Universal Pictures Corporation and/or Bryan Foy Productions? production; distributed by Universal Pictures Corporation [Hysterical History Comedies]. / Produced by Monte Brice and Bryan Foy. Scenario by Bryan Foy, from the novel Robinson Crusoe by Daniel Defoe. Cinematography by William McGann. / © 9 October 1924 by Universal Pictures Corporation. Released 20 October 1924. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format. / The sixth film in the “Hysterical History” series.
Comedy.
Synopsis: [The Universal Weekly, 27 September 1924, page ?] Robinson Crusoe meets Friday on a desert island and adopts him as his valet. While fishing, a pelican catches all the fish Robinson catches as the latter throws them towards his creel. Crusoe loses his temper, chases the thieving bird into a hollow log and catches . . . a skunk. Later, Friday attempts to cook some pancakes, but uses gunpowder instead of baking powder, and the meal is blown sky-high. Attacked by cannibals, Crusoe and Friday manage to hold them off. Friday throws his spear through the nose rings of a line of cannibals, holding them in position until he binds up the lot. The cannibal chief and his warriors being held captive, Crusoe and Friday manage to rescue a captive white girl from the chief’s hut.
Survival status: (unknown)
Current rights holder: Public domain [USA].
Listing updated: 28 January 2025.
References: Website-IMDb.
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