Pidgin Island
John Cranford, a secret agent of the United States Customs service, has succeeded in unearthing a gigantic smuggling plot. The operations of the smugglers range from contraband opium to diamonds. Opium is found and confiscated, an...
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"The screen version of Harold MacGrath's novel, "Pidgin Island," picturized in five reels by the Yorke Film Corporation for release on the Metro program, is destined to please many more thousands of persons than were pleased with the book. With Harold Lockwood and May Allison in the leading roles, and with beautiful and true-to- the-story exteriors, Mr. MacGrath's absorbing story has been given a fitting visualization. The five reels embrace many surf scenes, and these have been photographed with a fine eye for the artistic. The action is not allowed to suffer, however, thro..."
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Stars Harold Lockwood and May Allison, cameraman Tony Gaudio and writer/director Fred J. Balshofer were almost drowned during filming off the coast of Monterey, California, when a large wave suddenly appeared out of nowhere and swept them all into the ocean. They survived by grabbing onto a rock wall the wave had washed them onto near the shoreline and holding on until the wave receded.
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John Cranford, a secret agent of the United States Customs service, has succeeded in unearthing a gigantic smuggling plot. The operations of the smugglers range from contraband opium to diamonds. Opium is found and confiscated, an...