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An alcoholic doctor on a Polynesian island, disgusted by white exploitation of the natives, finds himself marooned on a pristinely beautiful island.Read More »
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W.S. Van Dyke & Robert J. Flaherty – White Shadows in the South Seas (1928)
1921-1930ClassicsRobert J. FlahertySilentUSAW.S. Van Dyke -
W.S. Van Dyke & Robert J. Flaherty – White Shadows in the South Seas (1928)
1921-1930DramaRobert J. FlahertySilentUSAW.S. Van DykeW.S. Van Dyke and Robert J. FlahertyUnscrupulous trader Sebastian has little trouble cheating the inhabitants of the South Seas paradise and leading the natives to adopt some of the more unfortunate habits of “civilized” men. He has little opposition save Dr. Matthew Lloyd, once an educated and prominent physician but now smothered in the depths of alcoholic deterioration. When Lloyd goes too far in his attempts to thwart the success of the trader’s greedy plots, Sebastian sees to it that the doctor is framed for a crime and sentenced to be cast adrift tied to the wheel of a derelict ship.Read More »