Black Paradise | |
Director: | Roy William Neill |
Producer: | William Fox |
Studio: | Fox Film |
Distributor: | Fox Film |
Runtime: | 50 minutes |
Country: | United States |
Language: | Silent (English intertitles) |
Black Paradise is a 1926 American silent adventure film directed by Roy William Neill and starring Madge Bellamy, Leslie Fenton, and Edmund Lowe.[1]
In San Francisco, Sylvia Douglas and her fiancé, James Callahan, who has recently turned back to his criminal ways, flee the city after Jim steals a diamond necklace due to frustration with his job search. Detective Graham pursues them to a remote island in the South Pacific, where they encounter a gangster named Murdock. Callahan becomes enamored with a local woman named Leona, while Sylvia seeks refuge with Graham from Murdock's advances. As tensions rise, a volcanic eruption adds further complications to their predicament.