Across the Pacific (1926 film)

Across the Pacific
Across the Pacific
	Myrna Loy as Roma
Directed by	Roy del Ruth
Written by	Darryl Zanuck (adaptation)
Produced by	Darryl Zanuck
Starring	Monte Blue
Cinematography	Byron Haskin; Frank Kesson
Distributed by	Warner Bros. Pictures, Inc. (as A Warner Brothers Production)
Release date	October 2, 1926 (United States);
Running time	78 minsutes
Country	United States
Languages	Silent (English intertitles) with Vitaphone (music score and sound effects)

Across the Pacific^[1] is a lost^[2] 1926 American silent romantic adventure film produced by Warner Bros., directed by Roy del Ruth and starring Monte Blue. It was based on a turn of the century play by Charles Blaney and J. J. McCloskey. The play had been filmed before in 1914 with Dorothy Dalton.^[3] It is unknown, but the film might have been released with a Vitaphone soundtrack.

Plot

After his father brings disgrace on his family, Monte joins the Spanish–American War and goes with his regiment to the Philippines. Although he has a sweetheart back home, Claire Marsh, Monte is enlisted to romance a half-caste girl, Roma, who knows the whereabouts of the Philippine leader Emilio Aguinaldo. Monte must keep up the ruse, even when Claire comes to the islands to visit him. He finally gets the information he needs, but not before he is branded a deserter and then has to prove his mettle on the battlefield. When the insurrection is squelched and Aguinaldo is captured, Monte is able to explain everything to Claire, and the couple is reunited.

Cast

Monte Blue as Monte
Jane Winton as Claire Marsh
Myrna Loy as Roma
Charles Stevens as Emilio Aguinaldo
Tom Wilson as Tom
Walter McGrail as Captain Grover
Herbert Prior as Colonel Marsh
Edgar Kennedy as Corporal Ryan
Theodore Lorch as Aguinaldo's Agent

References

^ 1957 MOVIES FROM AAP Warner Bros Features & Cartoons SALES BOOK DIRECTED AT TV
^ Across the Pacific at Arne Andersen's Lost Film Files: Warner Brothers 1926
^ White Munden, Kenneth, ed. (1997). The American Film Institute Catalog of Motion Pictures Produced in the United States: Feature Films, 1921-1930. University of California Press. pp. 4–5. ISBN 0-520-20969-9.

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[1] 1957 MOVIES FROM AAP Warner Bros Features & Cartoons SALES BOOK DIRECTED AT TV

[2] Across the Pacific at Arne Andersen's Lost Film Files: Warner Brothers 1926

[3] White Munden, Kenneth, ed. (1997). The American Film Institute Catalog of Motion Pictures Produced in the United States: Feature Films, 1921-1930. University of California Press. pp. 4–5. ISBN 0-520-20969-9.

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