Home | Movies By Year | Movies from 1928
Tropical Nights (1928 film)
Buy Tropical Nights (1928 film) now from AmazonFirst, read the Wikipedia article. Then, scroll down to see what other TopShelfReviews readers thought about the movie. And once you've experienced the movie, tell everyone what you thought about it.
Wikipedia article
'Tropical Nights' is a 1928 American silent drama film directed by Elmer Clifton and starring Patsy Ruth Miller, Malcolm McGregor and Ray Hallor.Goble p.992 It is based on the Jack London story 'A Raid on the Oyster Pirates'.
Synopsis
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
* Patsy Ruth Miller as Mary Hale
* Malcolm McGregor as Jim
* Ray Hallor as Harvey
* Wallace MacDonald as Stavnow
* Russell Simpson as Singapore Joe
References
Bibliography
* Goble, Alan. 'The Complete Index to Literary Sources in Film'. Walter de Gruyter, 1999.
Buy Tropical Nights (1928 film) now from Amazon
<-- Return to movies from 1928