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Paradise Isle (1937)

1937 · Feature film · 73 min · dir. Arthur Greville Collins

SHE LONGED FOR HIS STRONG ARMS! Tighter and tighter he held her as the dark night drew closer about them---and then as their lips met they knew they could not live without each other - even though love was denied them!

  • Romance
  • Adventure
  • Drama
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Synopsis

A blind artist is on his way to Java to see a doctor about an operation to restore his sight when the ship sinks and he washes up on a tropical island. A native girl finds him and begins to nurse him back to health. However, the girl's boyfriend wants the artist out of the picture so he can have her to himself, and the only other white man on the island also wants the artist out or the picture so he can cheat the girl out of her prized possession, a large black pearl.

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Details

Director
Arthur Greville Collins
Writer
Allan Vaughan Elston
Studio
Monogram Pictures
Released
1937-07-21
Running time
73 minutes

Cast & crew

Reviews on the Internet Archive

★★★ · sound problem MPEG-1 · flickfdude · 2006-06-18

Itâs a decent feature but plagued with a lousy sound track for much of the film. At times it is impossible entirely to hear the sound track over static. It lowers my rating considerably as it is more depressing as the film gathers interest so the disappointment is deep A blind white man lost at sea at the mercy of innocent natives and selfish white traders gathers much compassion and holds interest with picturesque scenery. There is a story book plot, a romantic Island pretty scenery, and heart wrenching situations. The Justice of the Native Gods runs through the film. I wonât tell you more…

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