Victory

Dec 7, 1919

1h 2m

★ 5.8

Overview

Adaptation of Joseph Conrad novel about lust and violence on a South Seas Island.

Genres

Drama

Romance

Production Companies

Maurice Tourneur Productions

Victory Trailers

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Cast

Axel Heyst

Jack Holt

Alma

Seena Owen

August Schomberg

Wallace Beery

Ricardo

Lon Chaney

Mr. Jones

Ben Deeley

Pedro

Bull Montana

Undetermined Role

William Bailey

Undetermined Role

Betty Bouton

Capt. Davidson

George Nichols

Orchestra Member speaking to Alma

Ruth Renick

Mrs. Schomberg

Laura Winston

Paradise Found is a biography about the painter Paul Gauguin. Focusing on his personal conflict between citizen life and his family life and the art scene in Frane. In an incredible imagery montage Gauguin manages to make a successful living in the South Pacific, while being in opposition to France.

0.0

Black Magic

Jul 6, 1929

On a South Seas island, "three white derelicts drink away memories of the past. After many adventures during which a girl enters the picture, the three are rehabilitated and everything turns out happily."

4.7

Bora Bora

Nov 20, 1968

A Frenchman finds his runaway wife on an island in the Pacific.

4.9

South Pacific

Mar 26, 2001

During World War II in the South Pacific love is found between a young nurse, Nellie Forbush and an older French plantation owner, Emile de Becque. The war is tearing them apart.

0.0

Passion Fruit

Jan 1, 1921

Filmed on location at Monterey, CA, and starring exotic stage dancer Mlle. Doraldina, this long-lost South Seas romance featured Stuart Holmes as a vicious plantation overseer who poisons his boss (W.A. Bainbridge) in order to possess both the unfortunate man's estate and his daughter.

7.2

Son of Fury: The Story of Benjamin Blake

Jan 29, 1942

Sir Arthur Blake has inherited title and lands from his brother. He also has his orphaned nephew Benjamin working for him as a bonded servant. While he believes the lad was born out of wedlock and so cannot claim the inheritance, he is taking no chances. Benjamin eventually rebels against his uncle and sets sail to try and make his fortune. This may enable him to return to prove his claim to being the rightful heir to the estate.

6.8

Sadie Thompson

Jan 7, 1928

A young, beautiful prostitute named Sadie Thompson arrives on the South Pacific island of Pago Pago looking for honest work and falls for Timothy O'Hara, an American sailor who is unfazed by her unsavory past. However, Mr. Davidson, a missionary who arrived on the island at the same time, aims to "save" Sadie from her sinful life and petitions to have her separated from her beau and deported back to San Francisco.

6.6

The Hurricane

Nov 9, 1937

A Polynesian sailor is separated from his wife when he's unjustly imprisoned for defending himself against a colonial bully. Members of the community petition the governor for clemency but all pretense of law and order are soon shattered by an incoming tropical storm.

4.6

Isle of Forgotten Sins

Aug 15, 1943

An evil sea captain and the forces of nature threaten two divers' search for a fortune in gold in the South Pacific.

5.4

South Sea Woman

Jun 27, 1953

Marine Sergeant James O'Hearn is being tried at the San Diego Marine base for desertion, theft, scandalous conduct and destruction of property in time of war. He refuses to testify or plead guilty or not guilty to the charges. Showgirl Ginger Martin takes the stand against his protest. She testifies O'Hearn won't talk because he is protecting the name of his pal, Marine Private Davey White. Ginger tells how she, broke and stranded, met the two marines in Shanghai two weeks before Pearl Harbor.

5.7

Where East Is East

May 4, 1929

A Chinese wife returns to the American family she left behind in Southeast Asia and then moves in on her daughter's (Lupe Velez) beau (Lloyd Hughes).

0.0

Bis ans Ende der Träume

Feb 1, 2018

Both aspire to remain true to themselves and to build their lives freely. This bold vision in the 1950s is that of Katharina von Arx and Freddy Drilhon, when they meet during a trip to Polynesia. A passionate love unites them; she becomes famous as a reporter and illustrator, and he as a photographer. When the couple settled with their daughter in Romainmôtier to turn the ruined priory into their new home, their relationship was put to the test. While Katharina put all her energy into restoring the impressive building, Freddy began to feel depressed in this remote village in the canton of Vaud. A serious crisis erupted between the two and they broke up. Freddy left Katharina to start a new life on the south coast of England—but the love that united them did not fade.

5.3

Isle of Fury

Oct 10, 1936

An island pearl merchant and his new wife make room for a mysterious shipwrecked man.