The Altar Stairs

On an island in the South Seas, derelict Tony Heritage is rescued from savage natives by trader and ship captain Rod McLean, but repays him by stealing Rod’s money and fleeing to France. There, Heritage marries a young French woman named Joie Malet, but her father, Captain Jean Malet, having discovered his miscreant past, snatches Joie from the altar stairs and takes her to a South Sea island where he has been posted. Tony Heritage follows, but Capt. Malet keeps him away from Joie by giving him a job on another island, helping Rod McLean build a new trading post.

• Release date
• December 4, 1922
• Runtime
• 50 min
• Genres
• Drama
• Director
• Lambert Hillyer

Cast

Frank Mayo Rod McLean Louise Lorraine Joie Malet

L

Lawrence Hughes Tony Heritage J. Jiquel Lanoe Captain Jean Malet (as J.J. Lanoe)

H

Harry De Vere Blundell Hugh Thompson John Strickland Boris Karloff Hugo

D

Dagmar Godowsky Parete