Tropical Nights (1928 film)

{{short description|1928 film}}

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{{Infobox film

| name = Tropical Nights

| image = File:Tropical Nights (1928 film).jpg

| caption =

| director = Elmer Clifton

| producer = John M. Stahl

| based_on = A Raid on the Oyster Pirates by Jack London

| writer = Bennett Cohen
Harry Carr

| starring =Patsy Ruth Miller
Malcolm McGregor
Ray Hallor

| music =

| editing = Desmond O'Brien

| cinematography = John W. Boyle
Ernest Miller

| studio = Tiffany Pictures

| distributor = Tiffany Pictures

| released = {{Film date|1928|12|10}}

| runtime = 60 minutes

| country = United States

| language = Silent
English intertitles

| budget =

| gross =

}}

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.

Plot

File:Tropical Nights (SAYRE 14554).jpg

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

References

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Bibliography

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