Tropical Nights is a 1928 American silent drama film directed by Elmer Clifton and starring Patsy Ruth Miller, Malcolm McGregor and Ray Hallor.[1] It is based on the Jack London story A Raid on the Oyster Pirates.
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| Directed by | Elmer Clifton |
| Written by | Bennett Cohen Harry Carr |
| Based on | A Raid on the Oyster Pirates by Jack London |
| Produced by | John M. Stahl |
| Starring | Patsy Ruth Miller Malcolm McGregor Ray Hallor |
| Cinematography | John W. Boyle Ernest Miller |
| Edited by | Desmond O'Brien |
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| Distributed by | Tiffany Pictures |
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Running time | 60 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Languages | Silent English intertitles |
Plot
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Brothers Harvey and Jim operate a pearl diving barge on an island in the South Seas. Harvey tries it on with a Mary Hale, an opera singer stranded in the area and working in a waterfront dive bar, and is knocked out by her. Shortly afterwards Stavnow robs Harvey of his pearls and kills him when he wakes up and fights back. Mary meets Jim and falls in love, but is guilt-stricken as she believes that she is responsible for his brother's death.
Cast
edit- Patsy Ruth Miller as Mary Hale
- Malcolm McGregor as Jim
- Ray Hallor as Harvey
- Wallace MacDonald as Stavnow
- Russell Simpson as Singapore Joe
References
edit- ^ Goble p.992
Bibliography
edit- Goble, Alan. The Complete Index to Literary Sources in Film. Walter de Gruyter, 1999.
External links
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