Forbidden Waters

Forbidden Waters
Forbidden Waters
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Directed by	Alan Hale
Written by	Percy Heath ; Charles A. Logue
Produced by	John C. Flinn
Starring	Priscilla Dean ; Walter McGrail ; Dan Mason
Cinematography	Georges Benoît
Production; company	Metropolitan Pictures Corporation of California
Distributed by	Producers Distributing Corporation
Release date	March 21, 1926;
Running time	60 minutes
Country	United States
Language	Silent (English intertitles)

Last updated October 27, 2025

Forbidden Waters is a 1926 American silent comedy film directed by Alan Hale and starring Priscilla Dean, Walter McGrail, and Dan Mason.^[1]

Plot

As described in a film magazine review,^[2] J. Austin Bell, a divorced man, promises his former wife Nancy not to marry again unless she approves of the woman. He becomes infatuated with Ruby, an adventuress, who vows to win him from the courting of his former wife. The wife is aided by a man who has been robbed of some letters by the adventuress and her confederate. At the critical moment, Bell has the two arrested when Ruby goes too far in her scheme, and the man remarries his former wife.

Cast

Priscilla Dean as Nancy Bell
Walter McGrail as J. Austin Bell
Dan Mason as Nugget Pete
Casson Ferguson as Sylvester
De Sacia Mooers as Ruby

References

↑ Munden p. 266
↑ "New Pictures: Forbidden Waters". Exhibitors Herald. 25 (01). Chicago: Exhibitors Herald Co.: 91 March 20, 1926. Retrieved April 12, 2023. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain .

Bibliography

Munden, Kenneth White. The American Film Institute Catalog of Motion Pictures Produced in the United States, Part 1. University of California Press, 1997.

External links

Forbidden Waters at IMDb

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[1] Munden p. 266

[2] "New Pictures: Forbidden Waters". Exhibitors Herald. 25 (01). Chicago: Exhibitors Herald Co.: 91 March 20, 1926. Retrieved April 12, 2023. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain .

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