Volcano! is a 1926 American silent drama film directed by William K. Howard and starring Bebe Daniels, Ricardo Cortez, and Wallace Beery. The picture was produced by Famous PlayersâÂÂLasky and distributed by Paramount Pictures. It is based on a 1920 Broadway play Martinique by Laurence Eyre. It is preserved in the Library of Congress, UCLA Film & Television Archive, and The Museum of Modern Art.
In 1850s French Martinique, a young woman newly arrived from France is banished by her tyrannical stepmother to a mixed-race quarter. There, she is auctioned off, sparking an intense rivalry between two passionate men in this exotic silent melodrama.