Stark Mad

Stark Mad
theatrical release poster
Directed by Lloyd Bacon
Written by Francis Powers (titles, silent version; uncredited)
Screenplay by Harvey Gates
Story by Jerome Kingston
Starring H. B. Warner
Cinematography Barney McGill
Edited by Ralph Dawson
Production
company
Distributed by Warner Bros.
Release date
 February 2, 1929
Running time
 70 minutes; 7 reels (sound version)
Country United States
Language English

Stark Mad is a 1929 American pre-Code adventure film produced and distributed by Warner Bros., directed by Lloyd Bacon, and starring H. B. Warner, Louise Fazenda, Jacqueline Logan and Henry B. Walthall.

Plot

James Rutherford has organized an expedition to the jungles of Central America to find his missing son, Bob, and his guide, Simpson. Professor Dangerfield intercepts the party, bringing with him Simpson, whose jungle experience has made him a raving maniac. They go ashore and decide to spend a night at a Mayan temple. After Irene, Bob's fiancée, disappears, they come across a gigantic ape chained to the floor, and Captain Rhodes, commander of the yacht, is abducted by a strange monster with great hairy talons. Messages are found warning the party to leave. Sewald, an explorer, is mysteriously killed by an arrow. Simpson's reason returns, and he saves the party, revealing that the demented hermit, whom he has just killed, and who formerly occupied the ruins, murdered Bob two months before.

Cast

Preservation status

The film was released in a silent version for theaters not converted to sound.[1] Both sound and silent versions are lost.

The film is believed to be lost. The soundtrack, which was recorded separately on Vitaphone disks, may survive in private hands.[2][3]

See also

References

  1. ↑ "AFI listing". www.afi.com.
  2. ↑ "Silent Era : Progressive Silent Film List". www.silentera.com.
  3. ↑ "Lost Film Files - Warner". www.silentsaregolden.com.
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