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Perils of the Wild
Also known as Perigos da Floresta in Brazil
(1925) United States of America
B&W : Serial / 15 chapters / 30 reels
Directed by Francis Ford

Cast: Joe Bonomo [Frederick Robinson], Margaret Quimby [Emily Montrose], Jack Mower [Sir Charles Leicester], Alfred Allen [Captain William Robinson], Eva Gordon [Frau Mitilla Robinson], Jack Murphy [Jack Robinson], Howard Enstedt [Ernest Robinson], Francis Irwin [Francis Robinson], William Dyer [Black John], Albert Prisco [Tonie], Fannie Warren (Fanny Warren) [Bonita], John Wallace [a pirate], James Welch (Jim Welch) [a pirate], Phil Ford [a pirate], Sammy Gervon [a pirate], [?] Boris Karloff?

Universal Pictures Corporation production; distributed by Universal Pictures Corporation. / Scenario by Isadore Bernstein and William Lord Wright, from the novel Swiss Family Robinson by Johann David Wyss. / 15 chapters (two reels each): [1] “The Hurricane,” released 27 August 1925; [2] “The Lion’s Fangs,” released 3 September 1925; [3] “The Flaming Jungle,” released 10 September 1925; [4] “The Treasure Cave,” released 17 September 1925; [5] “Saved by the Sun,” released 24 September 1925; [6] “The Jungle Trail,” released 1 October 1925; [7] “Pirate Peril,” released 8 October 1925; [8] “Winds of Fate,” released 15 October 1925; [9] “Rock of Revenge,” released 22 October 1925; [10] “The Rescue,” released 29 October 1925; [11] “The Stolen Wedding,” released 5 November 1925; [12] “Marooned,” released 12 November 1925; [13] “Prisoners of the Sea,” released 19 November 1925; [14] “The Leopard’s Lair,” released 26 November 1925; [15] “In the Nick of Time,” released 3 December 1925. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format. / The serial was rereleased in the United Kingdom by Adventure Pictures II. The novel was subsequently filmed as Swiss Family Robinson (1940).

Drama.

Survival status: The film is presumed lost.

Current rights holder: Public domain [USA].

Keywords: Hidden treasures - Jewelry - Serials - Torches

Listing updated: 29 April 2020.

References: Edmonds-BigU p. 143; Lahue-Bound pp. 85, 86; Lahue-Continued pp. 248, 287; Stedman-Serials p. 55 : ClasIm-204 p. 33; ClasIm-225 p. C8 : Website-IMDb; Website-SerSq.

 
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