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White Shadows in the South Seas(Movie, 1928)

1h 28min | Genres: Drama, Romance / Love
White Shadows in the South SeasRating: 3.2/5 (with 77 votes)
White Shadows in the South Seas is a 1928 American synchronized sound film adventure romance directed by W.S. Van Dyke and starring Monte Blue and Raquel Torres. It was produced by Cosmopolitan Productions in association with MGM and distributed by MGM. While the film has no audible dialog, it was released with a synchronized musical score with sound effects using the sound-on-film Western Electric Sound System process. Loosely based on the travel book of the same name by Frederick O'Brien. This film is important historically for being the first sound MGM film to be released as it featured a pre-recorded soundtrack. Clyde De Vinna won an Academy Award for Best Cinematography. ()
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Awards & Nominations for White Shadows in the South Seas

Academy Award for Best Cinematography Academy Award for Best Cinematography

About White Shadows in the South Seas

An alcoholic doctor on a Polynesian island, disgusted by white exploitation of the natives, finds himself marooned on a pristinely beautiful island.

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Additional Information

Production country: United States of America (USA)
Shot in: Tahiti
Plays in: Insular Oceania
Original language: English (EN)
Spoken languages: No Language (XX)
Translated into 7 languages: Czech (CS), German (DE), English (EN), Spanish (ES), Italian (IT), Russian (RU), Chinese (Mandarin) (ZH)
Status: Released
Release date DE: 11/11/1928
Producer: Irving Thalberg, Hunt Stromberg, William Randolph Hearst
Screenwriter: Jack Cunningham
Film Editor: Ben Lewis
Director of Photography: Clyde De Vinna
Composer: William Axt
Color: Black & White (B/W)

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WatchPlayStream ID: MOVIES:260001, Added: 05/06/2018, Last updated: 03/22/2024