Black Paradise Explained

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]

Plot

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.

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Notes and References

  1. Solomon p. 299