Venus of the South Seas
| Venus of the South Seas | |
|---|---|
| Directed by | James R. Sullivan |
| Starring | Annette Kellerman |
Production company | Lee-Bradford Company |
| Distributed by | Davis Distributing Co. |
Release date |
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Running time | 55 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Languages | Silent film English intertitles |
Venus of the South Seas (1924), also known as Venus of the Southern Seas, is a silent feature film starring swimmer Annette Kellerman and one of the last films made in the Prizma Color process.
The 55-minute four-reel film, made by an American company and shot in Nelson, New Zealand. The film, with the final reel in Prizmacolor, was restored by the Library of Congress in 2004.[1][2]
Plot
The daughter of a man who owns a South Seas pearl business falls in love with a wealthy traveler. Her father dies, leaving her the business, but a greedy ship captain schemes to take the business from her.
Cast
- Annette Kellerman as Shona Royal
- Roland Purdu as John Royal
- Norman French as Captain John Drake
- Robert Ramsey as Robert Quayle Jnr
References
- New Zealand Film 1912-1996 by Helen Martin & Sam Edwards p33 (1997, Oxford University Press, Auckland) ISBN 019 558336 1
External links
- Venus of the South Seas at IMDb
- Venus of the South Seas at SilentEra
- Clip of Venus of the South Seas on YouTube
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