Devil on Deck

Devil on Deck
Devil on Deck
Directed by	Wallace Fox
Written by	Bernard McConville
Produced by	George W. Weeks
Starring	Molly O'Day ; Reed Howes
Cinematography	William Nobles
Edited by	Fred Bain
Distributed by	Sono Art-World Wide Pictures
Release date	January 1, 1932;
Running time	70 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English

Last updated June 07, 2025

Devil on Deck is a 1932 Pre-code talking film directed by Wallace Fox and starring Reed Howes and Molly O'Day. It was produced and distributed by Sono Art-World Wide Pictures, a B-movie studio that turned out occasionally some successful pictures like The Great Gabbo .^[1]

Story

As this is a lost film, not even the AFI has any story or plot on it. By the promotional material that survives, it's a typical South Seas story found all over the silent film era just a few years before sound arrived. The cast is made up mostly of silent film veterans.^[2]

Cast

Reed Howes as John Moore
Molly O'Day as Kay Wheeler
Wheeler Oakman as Shanghai Morgan
June Marlowe as Mary Moore
Kenneth Treseder as Limey
A. S. 'Pop' Byron as Pop Wheeler
Rolfe Sedan as Frenchie
Constantine Romanoff as Swede

Preservation status

This film is presumed lost.^[3]

References

↑ The AFI Catalog of Feature Films: Devil on Deck
↑ Pictorial History of the Talkies, p.61 by Daniel Blum, c.1958(original printing)
↑ Internet Movie Database, Trivia section, IMDb.com

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[1] The AFI Catalog of Feature Films: Devil on Deck

[2] Pictorial History of the Talkies, p.61 by Daniel Blum, c.1958(original printing)

[3] Internet Movie Database, Trivia section, IMDb.com

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