Never the Twain Shall Meet

May 16, 1931

1h 19m

★ 4.0

Overview

Dan works for Pritchard and Pritchard out of San Francisco and is in love with Maisie, referred to as "the icebox" by his news reporter friend. As one of his ships returns to San Francisco, Dan learns that the Captain has contracted Leprosy and asks Dan to be the guardian of his South Sea island daughter Tamea. Dan soon learns that Tamea wants him and will do nothing without a kiss. But Tamea soon learns that she is different than Dan and Maisie and that makes her angry. Dan decides to go and live on the island with Tamea, but soon finds out that Paradise is not everything that he thought it was.

Genres

Drama

Production Companies

Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer

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Cast

Dan

Leslie Howard

Tamea

Conchita Montenegro

Mr. Pritchard

C. Aubrey Smith

Maisie

Karen Morley

Larrieau

Mitchell Lewis

Mellenger

Hale Hamilton

Porter

Clyde Cook

Tolongo

Bob Gilbert

Julia

Joan Standing

Mrs. Graves

Eulalie Jensen

Mr. Muckridge (uncredited)

Lloyd Ingraham

Party Guest (uncredited)

Carl M. Leviness

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