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The Mysterious Island (1929) Facts
| Director(s) | Lucien Hubbard, Benjamin Christensen (uncredited), Maurice Tourneur (uncredited) |
| Producer(s) | No producer listed for this movie |
| Featured Cast | Lionel Barrymore, Montagu Love, Snitz Edwards, Gibson Gowland, Karl Dane |
| Total Facts | 3 |
According to an article in the original "Famous Monsters of Filmland" magazines, production was actually started in 1926. There were various problems, including weather and the advent of talkies, which slowed/halted production several times before the film was finally completed and released three years later. The article included stills showing the original 1926 undersea denizens and the redesigned version which actually appeared in the film.
Footage shot by Maurice Tourneur and Benjamin Christensen in 1927 was incorporated into the movie.
No color prints survive. Only one reel exists tinted and with Technicolor sequences; it is held at the UCLA Film Archive.