Girl of the Port

Feb 2, 1930

1h 9m

★ 5.7

Rousing rough-and-ready drama of a wise-cracking show girl in the port that God forgot!

Overview

Josie, a New York showgirl with a mind of her own and a heart of gold, finds herself stranded on the island of Fiji. While seeking a way home she is befriended by a local man who gets her a job working as a barmaid at The Bamboo Bar. There she meets an alcoholic World War I veteran who is haunted by his wartime experiences and has an irrational fear of fire. Under her concerned care, he begins to recover and they fall in love. But then her jealous self-appointed boyfriend forces the veteran to participate in a traditional Fijian fire-walking ritual. To overcome his terror he must walk across 20 feet of burning coals and fight his rival to reach Josie's loving arms.

Genres

Romance

Drama

Production Companies

RKO Radio Pictures

Girl of the Port Trailers

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Cast

Josie

Sally O'Neil

Jim

Reginald Sharland

McEwen

Mitchell Lewis

Kalita

Duke Kahanamoku

MacDougal

Donald MacKenzie

Enid

Renée Macready

Burke

Arthur Clayton

Cruce

Gerald Barry

Blair

Barrie O'Daniels

Cole

John Webb Dillion

Toady

William P. Burt

Wade

Hugh Crumplin

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