Victory (1919 film)

Victory
Theatrical poster
Directed by	Maurice Tourneur
Produced by	Maurice Tourneur Productions
Screenplay by	Jules Furthman
Based on	Victory by Joseph Conrad
Starring	Jack Holt Seena Owen Lon Chaney Wallace Beery
Cinematography	René Guissart
Distributed by	Paramount Pictures (as Paramount-Artcraft)
Release dates	December 7, 1919 (1919-12-07)
Running time	62 minutes
Country	United States
Language	Silent (English intertitles)

Victory is a surviving^[1] 1919 American drama film directed by Maurice Tourneur, starring Jack Holt, Seena Owen, Lon Chaney, and Wallace Beery. The movie is an adaptation of the eponymous novel by Joseph Conrad. The screenplay was written by Jules Furthman.^[2]^[3] It provides a rare opportunity to see Chaney and Beery in the same film.

Plot

As described in a film magazine,^[4] Axel Heyst (Holt), a strange and silent man, forms but one friendship being that of a sailing man without any apparent resources, who rewards this charitable assistance by giving Heyst a half interest in coal deposits on a South Seas island. Difficulties arise which cause Heyst to return to civilization where he meets and rescues from her annoyers Alma (Owen), an abused member of a hotel entertainment company. He takes the young woman back with him to the island, quartering her in an abandoned shack. It is not in Heyst's nature to love, so there is nothing of sentiment in their relationship. A trio of fortune hunters led by Mr. Jones (Deeley), hearing tales of Heyst's valuable possessions, come to the island and attempt to take his treasure and the young woman. It is then when Heyst discovers his love for Alma. Heyst triumphs over his persecutors and a happy ending results.

Cast

Jack Holt and Seena Owen in Victory

Jack Holt as Axel Heyst
Seena Owen as Alma
Lon Chaney as Ricardo
Wallace Beery as August Schomberg
Ben Deeley as Mr. Jones
Laura Winston as Mrs. Schomberg
Bull Montana as Pedro
George Nichols as Captain Davidson

References

↑ The Library of Congress American Silent Feature Film Survival Catalog: Victory
↑ "Progressive Silent Film List". silentera.com. Retrieved 3 April 2015.
↑ The AFI Catalog of Feature Films: Victory
↑ "Reviews: Victory". Exhibitors Herald. New York City: Exhibitors Herald Company. 9 (25): 69. December 13, 1919.

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Victory (1919 film).

Victory at the Internet Movie Database
Victory synopsis at AllMovie
Dialogue and commentary about the movie at silentsaregolden.com
Stills and commentary at Dreamland Cafe

Works by Joseph Conrad

Novels and novellas	Almayer's Folly An Outcast of the Islands The Nigger of the 'Narcissus' Heart of Darkness The End of the Tether Lord Jim The Inheritors Typhoon Romance Nostromo The Secret Agent Under Western Eyes Freya of the Seven Isles Chance Victory The Shadow Line The Arrow of Gold The Rescue The Nature of a Crime The Rover Suspense

Short stories	"The Idiots" "An Outpost of Progress" "The Lagoon" "Youth" "Amy Foster" "The Secret Sharer"

Other works	The Inheritors (1901) Romance (1903) A Personal Record Last Essays

Adaptations	Victory (1919) Lord Jim (1925) The Silver Treasure Dangerous Paradise Sabotage (1936) Victory (1940) Outcast of the Islands (1951) Lord Jim (1965) The Duellists Apocalypse Now Heart of Darkness Victory (1996) The Secret Agent (1996) Nostromo (1997 TV) Gabrielle (2005) Almayer's Folly Hanyut Spec Ops: The Line The Secret Agent

Films directed by Maurice Tourneur

1910s	Jean la Poudre (1913) The System of Doctor Goudron (1913) The Gaieties of the Squadron (1913) Tricks of Love (1913) The Last Pardon (1913) The Cameo (1913) Mother (1914) The Man of the Hour (1914) The Wishing Ring: An Idyll of Old England (1914) The Red Promenade (1914) The Pit (1914) The Sparrow (1914) Monsieur Lecoq (1914) The Secret of the Well (1914) Alias Jimmy Valentine (1915) Trilby (1915) The Cub (1915) The Ivory Snuff Box (1915) The Butterfly on the Wheel (1915) The Pawn of Fate (1915) The Hand of Peril (1916) The Closed Road (1916) The Velvet Paw (1916) The Rail Rider (1916) A Girl's Folly (1916) The Whip (1917) The Undying Flame (1917) Exile (1917) The Law of the Land (1917) The Pride of the Clan (1917) The Poor Little Rich Girl (1917) Barbary Sheep (1917) The Rise of Jennie Cushing (1917) Rose of the World (1917) The Blue Bird (1918) Prunella (1918) A Doll's House (1918) The Sporting Life (1918) Woman (1918) My Lady's Garter (1919) The White Heather (1919) The Life Line (1919) Victory (1919) The Broken Butterfly (1919)

1920s	The County Fair (1920) The Great Redeemer (1920) While Paris Sleeps (1920) Treasure Island (1920) The White Circle (1920) Deep Waters (1920) The Last of the Mohicans (1920) The Bait (1921) The Foolish Matrons (1921) Lorna Doone (1922) The Brass Bottle (1923) The Christian (1923) The Isle of Lost Ships (1923) Jealous Husbands (1923) Torment (1924) The White Moth (1924) The Sporting Life (1925) Never the Twain Shall Meet (1925) Clothes Make the Pirate (1925) Aloma of the South Seas (1926) Old Loves and New (1926) The Crew (1928) The Ship of Lost Souls (1929)

1930s	Accused, Stand Up! (1930) Fun in the Barracks (1932) L'Homme mystérieux (1933) The Two Orphans (1933) Justin de Marseille (1934) Le Voleur (1934) Koenigsmark (1935) Samson (1936) With a Smile (1936) The Patriot (1938) Katia (1938)

1940s	Volpone (1941) La Min du diable (1943) Cécile est morte (1944) After Love (1948) Dilemma of Two Angels (1948)

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