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The Altar Stairs

The Altar Stairs

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Status

Released

Release Date

Dec 4, 1922

Runtime

0h 50m

Genres

Drama

Original Title

The Altar Stairs

Production Companies

Universal Film Manufacturing Company

Director

Lambert Hillyer

Description

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.