Wallaby Jim of the Islands (1937)
1937 · Feature film · 61 min · dir. Charles Lamont
- Adventure
- Drama
Synopsis
Wallaby Jim and his men have just found a valuable source of pearls in the South Pacific. But Jim's associate Norman has put the whole operation in jeopardy because of his gambling problem. Jim's unscrupulous rival Richter decides to exploit the situation by jumping Jim's claim and trying to take over for himself.
Synopsis from TMDb
Details
- Director
- Charles Lamont
- Released
- 1937-12-17
- Running time
- 61 minutes
Cast & crew
Charles Lamont Director
George Houston
Ruth Coleman
Douglas Walton
Wilhelm von Brincken
Mamo Clark
Syd Saylor
Colin Campbell
Juan Torena
Reviews on the Internet Archive
★★★ · Why Wallaby Jim?-he didn't have a pouch · revdaddy · 2012-10-07
This could have been a pretty good south seas adventure yarn. The plot was good. The acting was fine. The problem with this film is that every few minutes "Wallaby" broke out in a musical number. It wasn't a musical, the lyrics were not part of the plot (the movie, sans songs would have stood up by itself, with only his singing "lady with the two left feet" in just the way it was sung in the movie). These were just songs. He had a nice voice but a singing character in an islands adventure just didn't work. Still, I suggest the movie because of the story and acting. There was a lighter stripe…
