South Sea Love (1923 film)
{{short description|1923 film}}
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{{Infobox film
| name = South Sea Love
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| director = David Selman (as David Soloman)
| producer = William Fox
| writer = Harrison Josephs
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| based_on = {{Based on|"With the Tide"|Fanny Hatton|Frederick Hatton}}
| starring = Shirley Mason
J. Frank Glendon
Francis McDonald
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| studio = Fox Film Corporation
| released = {{Film date|1923|11|25|US|ref1={{cite web | url=http://www.afi.com/members/catalog/DetailView.aspx?s=&Movie=12314| title=South Sea Love: Detail View | publisher=American Film Institute | accessdate= September 8, 2017 | archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20170909004530/http://www.afi.com/members/catalog/DetailView.aspx?s=&Movie=12314 | url-status=live| archivedate=September 9, 2017}}}}
| runtime = 5 reels
| country = United States
| language = Silent (English intertitles)
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South Sea Love is a 1923 American silent drama film directed by David Selman, which stars Shirley Mason, J. Frank Glendon, and Francis McDonald. The screenplay was written by Harrison Josephs, based on a short story by Fanny Hatton and Frederick Hatton, which appeared in the March 1923 edition of Young's Magazine.
Plot
As described in a film magazine review,{{cite journal |last=Pardy |first=George T. |author-link= |title=Box Office Reviews: South Sea Love |journal=Exhibitors Trade Review |volume=15 |issue=6 |page=24 |publisher=Exhibitors Review Publishing Corporation |date=5 January 1924 |location=New York |url=https://archive.org/details/exhibit00newy/page/n435/mode/1up |accessdate=3 June 2022}} {{Source-attribution}} Captain Medina's daughter Dolores meets British trader Gerald Wilton aboard her father's ship. When the Captain dies, Wilton promises to take care of Dolores. When she learns that Wilton is already married, the young woman runs away and becomes a dancer in a tropical café. When his wife dies, Wilton finds that he is now free to rejoin Dolores. When he finds her, she rejects him. Her father's friends then combine to grab Wilton and hang him, but Dolores intervenes to save him. Dolores and Wilton are reconciled.
Cast
{{Cast listing|
- Shirley Mason as Dolores Medina
- J. Frank Glendon as Gerald Wilton
- Francis McDonald as Manuel Salarno
- Lillian Nicholson as Maria
- Charles A. Sellon as Captain Medina
- Fred Lancaster as Innkeeper
- Robert Conville as Stubbs
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References
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See also
External links
- {{IMDb title|0014498}}
- {{Tcmdb title|500082}}
- {{AFI film|12314}}
- [https://www.alamy.com/stock-photo-south-sea-love-us-poster-from-left-j-frank-glendon-shirley-mason-1923-72393722.html Lobby card] at www.alamy.com
- [http://southseascinema.org south seas cinema; a site devoted to island films]
- [https://www.pinterest.com/pin/1923-south-sea-love-david-solomon--298082069060461704/ lantern slide]
{{David Selman}}
Category:1920s melodrama films
Category:American silent feature films
Category:Films directed by David Selman
Category:Silent American drama films
Category:American black-and-white films
Category:1920s English-language films
Category:English-language drama films
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