Key Details

Release StatusReleased

Release Date1928-11-11

Languageen

Runtime1h 28m

Production

Cosmopolitan Productions, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer

6.7(27)

•1928•1h 28m

White Shadows in the South Seas

Romance Adventure Drama

Overview

An alcoholic doctor on a Polynesian island, disgusted by white exploitation of the natives, finds himself marooned on a pristinely beautiful island.

Director

W.S. Van Dyke

Writing & Screenplay

Frederick O'Brien

Cinematography

Bob Roberts

Principal Cast

6 credited

Monte BlueDr. Matthew Lloyd

Raquel TorresFayaway

Robert AndersonSebastian

Renee BushLucy

NapuaNative Boy

Dorothy JanisGirl

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