Tropical Nights (1928 film)

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.

Tropical Nights
Directed byElmer Clifton
Written byBennett Cohen
Harry Carr
Based onA Raid on the Oyster Pirates by Jack London
Produced byJohn M. Stahl
StarringPatsy Ruth Miller
Malcolm McGregor
Ray Hallor
CinematographyJohn W. Boyle
Ernest Miller
Edited byDesmond O'Brien
Production
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Distributed byTiffany Pictures
Release date
  • December 10, 1928 (1928-12-10)
Running time
60 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguagesSilent
English intertitles

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.

Cast

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References

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  1. ^ Goble p.992

Bibliography

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  • Goble, Alan. The Complete Index to Literary Sources in Film. Walter de Gruyter, 1999.
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