Aloma of the South Seas (1926 film)

Aloma of the South Seas
1926 lobby poster
Directed by	Maurice Tourneur
Produced by	E. Lloyd Sheldon Maurice Tourneur Adolph Zukor Jesse L. Lasky
Written by	James Ashmore Creelman
Based on	Aloma of the South Seas by John B. Hymer and LeRoy Clemens
Starring	Gilda Gray Percy Marmont Warner Baxter
Music by	Robert Hood Bowers^[1]
Cinematography	Harry Fischbeck
Edited by	E. Lloyd Sheldon
Production company	Famous Players-Lasky
Distributed by	Paramount Pictures
Release date	May 16, 1926 (1926-05-16)
Running time	90 minutes
Country	United States
Language	Silent (English intertitles)
Box office	US$ 3 million

Aloma of the South Seas is a 1926 American silent comedy drama film starring Gilda Gray as an erotic dancer, filmed in Puerto Rico and Bermuda, and based on a 1925 play of the same title by John B. Hymer and LeRoy Clemens.^[2]^[3] Grossing $3 million in the U.S. alone, this was the most successful film of 1926 and the fourth most successful film of the 1920s.^[4]

Cast

Gilda Gray as Aloma
Percy Marmont as Bob Holden
Warner Baxter as Nuitane
William Powell as Van Templeton
Harry T. Morey as Red Malloy
Julanne Johnston as Sylvia
Joseph W. Smiley as Andrew Taylor
Frank Montgomery as Hongi
Michelette Burani as Hina (credited as Madame Burani)
Ernestine Gaines as Taula
Aurelio Ciccia as Sailor

Preservation status

The film is now considered to be a lost film.^[5]^[6]

Remake

The film was remade as Aloma of the South Seas (1941), starring Dorothy Lamour and Jon Hall.

References

↑ "Robert Hood Bowers". Billboard. 10 January 1942. p. 31. Retrieved 15 December 2009.
↑ Progressive Silent Film List: Aloma of the South Seas at silentera.com
↑ "Theatre: New Plays: May 4, 1925". Time. 4 May 1925. Retrieved 15 December 2009.
↑ Christensen, Terry; Haas, Peter J. (2005). Projecting politics: political messages in American film. M. E. Sharpe. p. 326. ISBN 978-0-7656-1443-8. Retrieved 15 December 2009.
↑ Bryant, Roger (2006). William Powell: the life and films. McFarland. p. 30. ISBN 978-0-7864-2602-7. Retrieved 15 December 2009.
↑ Aloma of the South Seas at Arne Andersen's Lost Film Files: Paramount Pictures 1926 Archived 2015-08-22 at the Wayback Machine.

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Films directed by Maurice Tourneur
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1920s	The County Fair (1920) The Great Redeemer (1920) While Paris Sleeps (1920) Treasure Island (1920) The White Circle (1920) Deep Waters (1920) The Last of the Mohicans (1920) The Bait (1921) The Foolish Matrons (1921) Lorna Doone (1922) The Brass Bottle (1923) The Christian (1923) The Isle of Lost Ships (1923) Jealous Husbands (1923) Torment (1924) The White Moth (1924) The Sporting Life (1925) Never the Twain Shall Meet (1925) Clothes Make the Pirate (1925) Aloma of the South Seas (1926) Old Loves and New (1926) The Crew (1928) The Ship of Lost Souls (1929)
1930s	Accused, Stand Up! (1930) Fun in the Barracks (1932) L'Homme mystérieux (1933) The Two Orphans (1933) Justin de Marseille (1934) Le Voleur (1934) Koenigsmark (1935) Samson (1936) With a Smile (1936) The Patriot (1938) Katia (1938)
1940s	Volpone (1941) La Min du diable (1943) Cécile est morte (1944) After Love (1948) Dilemma of Two Angels (1948)

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