Tropical Nights (1928 film)

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Tropical Nights
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Directed by Elmer Clifton
Written by Bennett Cohen
Harry Carr
Based onA 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
Production
company
Distributed byTiffany Pictures
Release date
December 10, 1928
Running time
60 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguagesSilent
English intertitles

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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Plot

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McGregor and Miller

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.

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References

  1. Goble p.992

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