The Blue Lagoon (1923)
Gênero : Drama
Runtime : 1H 20M
Director : Dick Cruikshanks
Sinopse
The Blue Lagoon is a 1923 silent film adaptation of Henry De Vere Stacpoole's 1908 novel of the same name about children who come of age while stranded on a tropical island. This is the first telling of this often filmed story. This film was followed by remakes in 1949, 1980 and 2012.
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