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Mr. Robinson Crusoe (1932)

Aug 19, 1932 Adventure, Comedy 1h 16m
User Score
61%
14 votes
Internet Movie Database
55%

DOUG. FAIRBANKS in a Modern Comedy-Romance That Seethes With Laughs and Action!

Overview

Steve Drexel voluntarily strands himself on a deserted island on a bet. He intends to re-create civilization and carves a miniature city of 52nd Street and Park Avenue out of the jungle. Drexel is befriended by his dog, a native monkey, and a wild goat that is captured in one of his traps. He attempts to cultivate a native as his Man Friday from Robinson Crusoe, but fails as the native escape.

A. Edward Sutherland
Director
Douglas Fairbanks
Story

Top Billed Cast

Douglas Fairbanks
Douglas Fairbanks

Steve Drexel
William Farnum
William Farnum

William Belmont
Earle Browne
Earle Browne

Professor Carmichale
Maria Alba
Maria Alba

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A review by CinemaSerf
Written on June 13, 2022

So an almost 50 years old Douglas Fairbanks ("Steve") is on his yacht sailing the South Seas with some friends and imagining how great it would be to go back to nature... He loses a bet and has to survive alone on one of the islands with only his toothbrush! Luckily for him, he is remarkably adept at adapting to his basic surroundings - we are treated to a boy scout-style lesson in how to make an axe from an old shell, a branch and loads of long grass... Soon enough, he even has the local goats and monkeys churning his butter for him! He has some altercations with other natives; meets a girl and even manages to make a radio out of shells... It looked to me as if it might have been intended as a silent film; there are fairly long periods without dialogue - and that might have made it more f...

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