Tropical Nights (1928 film)

Tropical Nights
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Directed by	Elmer Clifton
Produced by	John M. Stahl
Written by	Bennett Cohen Harry Carr
Based on	A Raid on the Oyster Pirates by Jack London
Starring	Patsy Ruth Miller Malcolm McGregor Ray Hallor
Cinematography	John W. Boyle Ernest Miller
Edited by	Desmond O'Brien
Production company	Tiffany Pictures
Distributed by	Tiffany Pictures
Release dates	December 10, 1928
Running time	60 minutes
Country	United States
Language	Silent English intertitles

Tropical Nights is a 1928 American silent drama film directed by Elmer Clifton and starring Patsy Ruth Miller, Malcolm McGregor and Ray Hallor. It is based on the Jack London story A Raid on the Oyster Pirates.

Synopsis

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

• Patsy Ruth Miller as Mary Hale
• Malcolm McGregor as Jim
• Ray Hallor as Harvey
• Wallace MacDonald as Stavnow
• Russell Simpson as Singapore Joe

Bibliography

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

External links

• Tropical Nights at IMDb