Samarang (film)
{{Infobox film
| name = Samarang
| image = Samarang lobby card.JPG
| alt =
| caption = Lobby card
| director = Ward Wing
| producer = B.F. Zeidman
| screenplay = Thomas J. Geraghty
| story = Lori Bara
| music = Sam Wineland
| cinematography = John C. Clark
| editing = Thomas J. Geraghty
| studio = B.F. Zeidman Productions
| distributor = United Artists
| released = {{Film date|1933|6|28}}
| runtime = 59 minutes
| country = United States
| language = English
}}
Samarang is a 1933 American Pre-Code action film directed by Ward Wing and written by Thomas J. Geraghty. The film was released on June 28, 1933, by United Artists.{{cite web|url=https://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title/499658/samarang|title=Samarang (1933) - Overview|work=Turner Classic Movies|access-date=October 8, 2014}}{{cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/movie/review?res=9906E0D61238E333A2575AC2A9609C946294D6CF|title=Movie Review - Samarang (1933) Dramatic Adventures of a Pearl Diver Featured in a Film at the Rivoli|work=The New York Times|access-date=October 8, 2014}} Its copyright was registered in 1933 but was not renewed, so the film is in the public domain.Catalogue of Title Entries of Books and Other Articles Entered in the Office of the Register of Copyrights, Library of Congress, at Washington, D.C.. (1933). United States: U.S. Government Printing Office. The film, although apparently meant to be set in Indonesia (Samarang) was filmed in Singapore and Malaysia.{{Cite web |date=2014-08-08 |title=Samarang / Shark Woman (1933) |url=https://sgfilmlocations.com/2014/08/08/samarang-1933/#:~:text=Samarang%20tells%20the%20story%20of,feel%20inferior%20to%20Sai-Yu. |access-date=2025-01-24 |website=Singapore Film Locations Archive |language=en}}
Plot
On an island called Samarang, in a village of fishermen, Ahman falls in love with Sai-Yu, the daughter of a local chieftain. To improve his social status and be able to marry her, Ahman joins an expedition to the Forbidden Lagoon of Sakai, where big pearls are said to abound. But the waters are infested with ferocious sharks.
List of characters
- Ahmang, the pearl diver
- Sai-Yu, his love interest, Sweetheart
- Chang-Fu, the Captain
- Mamounah, the Mother
- Ko-Hal, the Brother
Production
With its exotic location, Samarang followed the formula of other educational films of that time, mixing footage of factual cultural scenes with its fictional romance story, and as an American ethnographic film included displays of nudity that were considered acceptable.{{cite book |last=Geiger |first=Jeffrey |author-link= |title=American Documentary Film: Projecting the Nation |publisher=Edinburgh University Press |date=2011 |pages=61–62 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=_9yqBgAAQBAJ&pg=PA61 |isbn=978-0-7486-2147-7}}
See also
References
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External links
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- {{IMDb title|0034177|Samarang}}
- [https://www.granger.com/results.asp?image=0267639 Still] at granger.com
- [https://sgfilmhunter.wordpress.com/tag/samarang/ Of lost kampongs, fishnet bondage and remnant tombs in an equatorial Hollywood: Location Scouting in Samarang]
- [https://thecreaturefeaturebleachers.wordpress.com/2013/03/23/samarang-a-k-a-shark-woman-1933/ Lobby card and stills]
- {{YouTube|inZfQnBvmhs|Samarang}} (subtitles over title card)
Category:American black-and-white films
Category:Films set in Indonesia
Category:Films produced by B. F. Zeidman
Category:American action films
Category:1930s English-language films
Category:English-language action films
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