Into the Primitive


1916

Film Details

Release Date
May 29, 1916
Premiere Information
not available
Production Company
Selig Polyscope Co.; A Red Seal Play
Distribution Company
V-L-S-E, Inc.
Country
United States
Screenplay Information
Based on the novel Into The Primitive by Robert Ames Bennet (Chicago, 1908).

Synopsis

American heiress Jennie Leslie, the Honorable Cecil Winthrope, and the alcoholic Thomas Blake are washed ashore on a deserted island after a shipwreck. At first, Jennie sticks close to Cecil, preferring his upper-class British breeding to Thomas' man-of-the-people approach. Cecil, however, turns out to be completely ineffective when it comes to survival, and so both he and Jennie depend on Thomas for food, clothing, and protection. The surroundings bring out the "caveman" in Cecil in one respect, however; he tries to rape Jennie. During the attempt, which takes place during a storm, Cecil is crushed by a falling tree, and just before he dies, he reveals that he was merely a valet posing as an aristocrat. Then, Jennie and Thomas realize that they are in love with each other, and when a rescue ship picks them up, they begin making plans for their marriage.

Film Details

Release Date
May 29, 1916
Premiere Information
not available
Production Company
Selig Polyscope Co.; A Red Seal Play
Distribution Company
V-L-S-E, Inc.
Country
United States
Screenplay Information
Based on the novel Into The Primitive by Robert Ames Bennet (Chicago, 1908).

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