Mr Robinson Crusoe
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Tells the story of a man who argues while on a yacht that he too could survive on a primitive paradise like Robinson Crusoe. Details what happens when he is left on the island and is later joined by a girl. Stars Douglas Fairbanks, Sr and Alfred Newman.
The film opens with a title card that reads "From the time Adam and Eve were banished from the Garden of Eden, man has vainly sought to find solace, comfort and pleasures in an artificial world of his own creation" The Fairbanks character Steve Drexel voluntarily strands himself on a deserted island on a bet. He intends to re-create civilization (in the form of New York) and carves a comfortable home, complete with a sign reading 52nd Street and Park Avenue out of the jungle.
The film opens with a title card that reads "From the time Adam and Eve were banished from the Garden of Eden, man has vainly sought to find solace, comfort and pleasures in an artificial world of his own creation" The Fairbanks character Steve Drexel voluntarily strands himself on a deserted island on a bet. He intends to re-create civilization (in the form of New York) and carves a comfortable home, complete with a sign reading 52nd Street and Park Avenue out of the jungle.
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Tells the story of a man who argues while on a yacht that he too could survive on a primitive paradise like Robinson Crusoe. Details what happens when he is left on the island and is later joined by a girl. Stars Douglas Fairbanks, Sr and Alfred Newman.
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