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.
From the archive
I've been researching newly public domain films from 1929 and earlier, so I'm uploading the best possible copies that I can find. Clyde De Vinna won an Academy Award for cinematography in this strange romance tragedy that takes place on a series of Polynesian islands. While the film was a huge box office success, critics were less pleased. In addition, some audiences were annoyed that the film advertised itself as a sound picture, when there is very little dialogue in the film.
Why this is free to watch
White Shadows in the South Seas (1928) is hosted by the Internet Archive as a public-domain or openly licensed work, which means its copyright has expired, lapsed, or was released by the rights holder. The uploader declared an explicit licence, linked in the source panel. Nitrate streams the file directly from the Archive and hosts no video itself.
- Director
- W.S. Van Dyke
- Starring
- Monte Blue, Raquel Torres, Robert Anderson, Renee Bush, Napua, Dorothy Janis
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