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;
Running time	90 minutes
Country	United States
Language	Silent (English intertitles)
Box office	US$ 3 million[2]

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.[3][4] 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.[5]

The film was spoofed by a 1926 Mutt and Jeff animated cartoon, Aroma of the South Seas.[6]

Plot

A young South Seas native boy who is sent to the U.S. for his education returns to his island after his father dies to try to stop a revolution.

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.[7][8]

Remake

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

References

"Robert Hood Bowers". Billboard. January 10, 1942. p. 31. Retrieved December 15, 2009.
Box Office Information for "Aloma of the South Seas"
Progressive Silent Film List: Aloma of the South Seas at silentera.com
"Theatre: New Plays: May 4, 1925". Time. May 4, 1925. Retrieved December 15, 2009.
Christensen, Terry; Haas, Peter J. (2005). Projecting politics: political messages in American film. M. E. Sharpe. pp. 326. ISBN 978-0-7656-1443-8. Retrieved December 15, 2009. aloma of the south seas.
Sampson, Henry T. (1998). That's Enough, Folks: Black Images in Animated Cartoons, 1900-1960. Scarecrow Press. pp. 84–85. ISBN 978-0810832503.
Bryant, Roger (2006). William Powell: the life and films. McFarland. p. 30. ISBN 978-0-7864-2602-7. Retrieved December 15, 2009.
Aloma of the South Seas at Arne Andersen's Lost Film Files: Paramount Pictures 1926 Archived August 22, 2015, at the Wayback Machine

External links

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[1] "Robert Hood Bowers". Billboard. January 10, 1942. p. 31. Retrieved December 15, 2009.

[2] Box Office Information for "Aloma of the South Seas"

[3] Progressive Silent Film List: Aloma of the South Seas at silentera.com

[4] "Theatre: New Plays: May 4, 1925". Time. May 4, 1925. Retrieved December 15, 2009.

[5] Christensen, Terry; Haas, Peter J. (2005). Projecting politics: political messages in American film. M. E. Sharpe. pp. 326. ISBN 978-0-7656-1443-8. Retrieved December 15, 2009. aloma of the south seas.

[Enough-6] Sampson, Henry T. (1998). That's Enough, Folks: Black Images in Animated Cartoons, 1900-1960. Scarecrow Press. pp. 84–85. ISBN 978-0810832503.

[7] Bryant, Roger (2006). William Powell: the life and films. McFarland. p. 30. ISBN 978-0-7864-2602-7. Retrieved December 15, 2009.

[8] Aloma of the South Seas at Arne Andersen's Lost Film Files: Paramount Pictures 1926 Archived August 22, 2015, at the Wayback Machine