The Millionaire Pirate - 1919

In the early eighteenth century, pirate captain Jean Lafitte fights a rival pirate and wins a treasure and a beautiful female captive. Although the girl offers herself to Lafitte to save her English lover, Lafitte makes him walk the plank. The girl then places a curse on Lafitte and his descendants, preventing them from ever knowing the true love of woman. Two hundred years later, in the West Antilles, painter Paul Winthrop poses Joe, a pearl diver, as a pirate. Upon seeing the completed painting, each envisions the earlier situation. Later, Joe finds the buried treasure and sails to New York, where he learns that the portrait has also attracted wealthy Lily Demorest and her suitor, Robert Spurr, a "financial pirate."

50min
1919
Released
Trakio rating0.0/10

Cast

Monroe Salisbury profile pictureMonroe SalisburyJean Lafitte
Jack Mower profile pictureJack MowerHer Sweetheart
Clyde Fillmore profile pictureClyde FillmoreRobert Spurr

About The Millionaire Pirate

The Millionaire Pirate Overview

In the early eighteenth century, pirate captain Jean Lafitte fights a rival pirate and wins a treasure and a beautiful female captive. Although the girl offers herself to Lafitte to save her English lover, Lafitte makes him walk the plank. The girl then places a curse on Lafitte and his descendants, preventing them from ever knowing the true love of woman. Two hundred years later, in the West Antilles, painter Paul Winthrop poses Joe, a pearl diver, as a pirate. Upon seeing the completed painting, each envisions the earlier situation. Later, Joe finds the buried treasure and sails to New York, where he learns that the portrait has also attracted wealthy Lily Demorest and her suitor, Robert Spurr, a "financial pirate."

Runtime: 50min

Extra details

Original Title: The Millionaire Pirate
Original Language: English
Directed By: Rupert Julian
Production Companies
Universal Film Manufacturing CompanyBluebird Photoplays