South Sea Rose is a 1929 American comedy-drama film distributed by the Fox Film Corporation and produced and directed by Allan Dwan. This picture was Dwan's second collaboration with star Lenore Ulric, their first being Frozen Justice. Much of the cast and crew on Frozen Justice returned for this film.[1]

South Sea Rose
Lenore Ulric as Rose
Directed byAllan Dwan
Written bySonya Levien
Elliott Lester (dialogue)
Based onLa Gringa
by Tom Cushing
Produced byAllan Dwan
StarringLenore Ulric
CinematographyHarold Rosson
Edited byHarold Schuster
Music byPeter Brunelli (uncredited)
Arthur Kay (uncredited)
Glen Knight (uncredited)
Distributed byFox Film Corporation
Release date
  • December 8, 1929 (1929-12-08)
Running time
69 minutes (7 reels)
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

South Sea Rose is based the 1928 Broadway stage play La Gringa by Tom Cushing, which starred then unknown theatre player Claudette Colbert.[2] Like Frozen Justice, this film is now presumed lost.[3]

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References

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  1. ^ Lombardi, Frederic (2013). Allan Dwan and the Rise and Decline of the Hollywood Studios. McFarland. p. 174. ISBN 978-0-7864-3485-5.
  2. ^ Dick, Bernard F. (2008). Claudette Colbert: She Walked in Beauty. Univ. Press of Mississippi. p. 27. ISBN 978-1-60473-329-7.
  3. ^ South Sea Rose at silentera.com
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