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Greensea Island

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1922 novel
Greensea Island
First Edition (US)
AuthorVictor Bridges
LanguageEnglish
GenreRomance
PublisherMills & Boon (UK)
Putnam's (US)
Publication date
1922
Publication placeUnited Kingdom
Media typePrint

Greensea Island is a 1922 adventure novel by the British writer Victor Bridges.[1] It was his final novel for publishers Mills & Boon as he was signed up by Hodder & Stoughton who hoped he could replicate the success of Edgar Wallace's thrillers.[2]

Adaptation

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In 1923 it was made into a silent film Through Fire and Water produced by the British studio Ideal Films. Directed by Thomas Bentley it starred Clive Brook, Flora le Breton and Lawford Davidson.[3]

References

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  1. ^ Reilly p.192
  2. ^ McAleer p.44
  3. ^ Goble p.55

Bibliography

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  • Goble, Alan. The Complete Index to Literary Sources in Film. Walter de Gruyter, 1999.
  • McAleer, Joseph. Passion's Fortune: The Story of Mills & Boon. OUP Oxford, 1999.
  • Reilly, John M. Twentieth Century Crime & Mystery Writers. Springer, 2015.


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