Mr. Robinson Crusoe

Mr. Robinson Crusoe is a 1932 PreCode American film. It is one of the few talkie films starring Douglas Fairbanks, Sr. in his penultimate film role, who also produced the film and provided the story. The film was directed by A. Edward Sutherland, a veteran silent film director, for Fairbankss Elton Productions, and released by United Artists. Steve Drexel played by Fairbanks shows a fiery optimism and cando spirit that matches the Fairbanks screen persona that appears in his most popular films.

The film opens with a title card that reads From the time Adam and Eve were banished from the Garden of Eden, man has vainly sought to find solace, comfort and earthly pleasures in an artificial world of his own creation. Down through the ages has come that eternal heritage of the urge in every man to turn his back on socalled civilization, to get back to nature and revel in the glories and freedom of a primitive paradise.The Fairbanks character Steve Drexel voluntarily strands himself on a deserted island on a bet. He intends to recreate civilization in the form of New York and carves a comfortable home, complete with a sign reading 52nd Street and Park Avenue out of the jungle. Drexel is joined by his dog, and befriended by a native monkey, parrot, and a wild goat that is captured in one of his traps. He attempts to cultivate a headhunter native as his Man Friday from Robinson Crusoe, but fails as the native escapes. ........

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