Mr. Robinson Crusoe (1932)

Directed by

A. Edward Sutherland

Genre

comedy film, adventure film

Country

United States

Runtime

1h 10m

Rating

6.3 of 10 from 15 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A wealthy man named Steve Drexel takes on a bet to live alone on a deserted island as a modern day Robinson Crusoe. He uses his can-do spirit to build a new life and get along with the locals he meets in the South Seas.

lightheartedwhimsicalupbeatplayfulold-fashionedadventurousoptimistic

What happens

Mr. Robinson Crusoe is a 1932 Pre-Code American film. It is one of the few "talkie" films starring Douglas Fairbanks, Sr., in his penultimate film role; Fairbanks also produced the film and provided the story during the Great Depression. The film was directed by A. Edward Sutherland, a veteran silent film director, for Fairbanks's Elton Productions, and released by United Artists. Steve Drexel (played by Fairbanks) shows a fiery optimism and can-do spirit that matches the Fairbanks screen persona that appears in his most popular films. The South Seas comedy adventure featured location filming on Tahiti with working titles being Tropical Knight, A Modern Robinson Crusoe and Robinson Crusoe of the South Seas. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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