Venus of the South Seas

Venus of the South Seas
Film poster
Directed by James R. Sullivan
Written by Alice Charbonnet-Kellermann
Starring Annette Kellerman
Cinematography Fred Bentley
Production
company
Lee-Bradford Company
Distributed by Davis Distributing Co.
Release date
  • February 1924 (1924-02)
Running time
 55 minutes
Country United States
Language Silent (English intertitles)

Venus of the South Seas, also known as Venus of the Southern Seas, is a 1924 silent drama film directed by James R. Sullivan starring swimmer Annette Kellerman and was one of the last films with footage in the Prizma Color process.

The 55-minute four-reel film, made by an American company and shot in Nelson, New Zealand. It includes substantial footage taking place underwater. The film, with the final reel in Prizmacolor, was restored by the Library of Congress in 2004.[1][2]

Plot

Lobby card

The daughter of a man who owns a South Seas pearl business falls in love with a wealthy traveler. Her father dies, leaving her the business, but a greedy ship captain schemes to take the business from her.

Cast

  • Annette Kellerman as Shona Royal
  • Roland Purdu as John Royal
  • Norman French as Captain John Drake
  • Robert Ramsey as Robert Quane

References

  1. ↑ IMDb entry
  2. ↑ Progressive Silent Film List: Venus of the South Seas at silentera.com

Other sources

New Zealand Film 1912-1996 by Helen Martin & Sam Edwards, p. 33 (1997, Oxford University Press, Auckland) ISBN 019 558336 1


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