Aloma of the South Seas (1926 film)
Aloma of the South Seas is a 1926 American silent comedy drama film starring Gilda Gray as an erotic dancer, filmed in Puerto Rico and Bermuda, and based on a 1925 play of the same title by John B. Hymer and LeRoy Clemens.[2][3] Grossing $3 million in the U.S. alone, this was the most successful film of 1926 and the fourth most successful film of the 1920s.[4]
| Aloma of the South Seas | |
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 1926 lobby poster | |
| Directed by | Maurice Tourneur |
| Produced by | E. Lloyd Sheldon Maurice Tourneur Adolph Zukor Jesse L. Lasky |
| Written by | James Ashmore Creelman |
| Based on | Aloma of the South Seas by John B. Hymer and LeRoy Clemens |
| Starring | Gilda Gray Percy Marmont Warner Baxter |
| Music by | Robert Hood Bowers[1] |
| Cinematography | Harry Fischbeck |
| Edited by | E. Lloyd Sheldon |
Production company | |
| Distributed by | Paramount Pictures |
Release date |
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Running time | 90 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | Silent (English intertitles) |
| Box office | US$ 3 million |
The film was spoofed by a 1926 Mutt and Jeff animated cartoon, Aroma of the South Seas.[5]
Plot
A young South Seas native boy who is sent to the U.S. for his education returns to his island after his father dies to try to stop a revolution.
Cast
- Gilda Gray as Aloma
- Percy Marmont as Bob Holden
- Warner Baxter as Nuitane
- William Powell as Van Templeton
- Harry T. Morey as Red Malloy
- Julanne Johnston as Sylvia
- Joseph W. Smiley as Andrew Taylor
- Frank Montgomery as Hongi
- Michelette Burani as Hina (credited as Madame Burani)
- Ernestine Gaines as Taula
- Aurelio Ciccia as Sailor
Remake
The film was remade as Aloma of the South Seas (1941), starring Dorothy Lamour and Jon Hall.
See also
References
- "Robert Hood Bowers". Billboard. 10 January 1942. p. 31. Retrieved 15 December 2009.
- Progressive Silent Film List: Aloma of the South Seas at silentera.com
- "Theatre: New Plays: May 4, 1925". Time. 4 May 1925. Retrieved 15 December 2009.
- Christensen, Terry; Haas, Peter J. (2005). Projecting politics: political messages in American film. M. E. Sharpe. pp. 326. ISBN 978-0-7656-1443-8. Retrieved 15 December 2009.
aloma of the south seas.
- Sampson, Henry T. (1998). That's Enough, Folks: Black Images in Animated Cartoons, 1900-1960. Scarecrow Press. pp. 84–85. ISBN 978-0810832503.
- Bryant, Roger (2006). William Powell: the life and films. McFarland. p. 30. ISBN 978-0-7864-2602-7. Retrieved 15 December 2009.
- Aloma of the South Seas at Arne Andersen's Lost Film Files: Paramount Pictures 1926 Archived 2015-08-22 at the Wayback Machine
External links
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- Aloma of the South Seas on IMDb
- Swedish poster featuring Gilda Gray
- Synopsis at AllMovie
- Lobby card at silenthollywood.com
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