| The Silver Treasure | |
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| Directed by | Rowland V. Lee Mike Miggins |
| Written by | Robert N. Lee (scenario) Elizabeth Pickett Chevalier (titles) |
| Based on | Nostromo byJoseph Conrad |
| Produced by | William Fox |
| Cinematography | G. O. Post |
| Distributed by | Fox Film Corporation |
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Running time | 6reels |
| Country | United States |
| Language | Silent (Englishintertitles) |
The Silver Treasure is a 1926 Americansilentaction drama film directed byRowland V. Lee and starringGeorge O'Brien. It is based on the 1904 novelNostromo byJoseph Conrad. It was produced and distributed by theFox Film Corporation.[1][2]
As described in a film magazine review,[3] Nostromo, a young superintendent of stevedores who is loved by his men and adored by the young women of the town in a South American country, is suddenly enmeshed in love and in a plot to steal a shipment of silver from his friend Charles Gould, a mine owner. He plans to outwit the bandits, and partly succeeds. However, he finds that he is himself tempted to become a thief for the woman he loves, and attempts to steal the silver. Gould gives him a check for a large amount when he returns the silver, and Nostromo confesses his prior temptation to take it. This is forgiven and, following his second defeat of the bandits, he returns to the town to claim his sweetheart Giselle.
With no prints ofThe Silver Treasure located in any film archives,[4] it is alost film.[5]
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