Mystery, mermen, mayhem, oh my!

• Upcoming show: The Mysterious Island (1929) directed by Lucien Hubbard
• Plot Keywords: adventure, Sci-Fi, Romance
• IMDB Description: On a volcanic island near the kingdom of Hetvia rules Count Dakkar, a benevolent leader and scientist has eliminated class distinction among the island's inhabitants. Dakkar, his daughter Sonia and her fiance, engineer Nicolai Roget have designed a submarine which Roget pilots on its initial voyage just before the island is overrun by Baron Falon, despotic ruler of Hetvia. Falon sets out after Roget in a second submarine and the two craft, diving to the ocean's floor, discover a strange land populated by dragons, giant squid and an eerie undiscovered humanoid race.
• Trivia: Although the entire film has always been available in black and white prints, film historians long believed that no complete color print of the film had survived - until 2013 when experts from the George Eastman House in the US discovered that such a print had been preserved in the Czech National Archive. Until this discovery, it was thought that the only surviving Technicolor fragment of the film was a ten-minute reel reposing in the UCLA Film and Television Archive.
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• Time: 3pm EST Wednesday (04/01)

As always, a review from the previous movie; Singin' in the Rain. I was truly surprised by this movie. Within the first 10 minutes I'd heard some of the most relatable dialogue and sickest roasts. The Make 'em Laugh number? OUTSTANDING. Only at one point did I think it was starting to drag, at the Broadway Melody, but then they cut to that veil scene and I was living for it. One thing I wasn't expecting was the light history lesson of the evolution of silent films to talkies and how it affected the film industry across the board.
I had already picked The Mysterious Island for the next movie, then realized it fell into the transition period and had to do some research. Production of this movie started in 1926 but faced a myriad of problems. After many doubts, they started filming in the Bahamas, they got hit with not one, but THREE hurricanes, destroying sets and equipment. Then came along talking pictures. Like many silent films that were being produced during this period, they decided to change gears and add talking in the film instead of facing a huge flop. The studio also thought it would be best to add color, making this one of the FIRST in color and talking science fiction novels, even if half of the movie is silent and only ONE copy of the in color version exists. My question is, who do I have to sell my soul to for me to see this version?