Black Paradise

May 30, 1926

0h 50m

★ 3.7

Overview

In San Francisco, Sylvia Douglas and her fiancée, James Callahan, a reformed crook, make their getaway after Jim, disgusted with his inability to find a job, un-reforms and steals a diamond necklace. Graham, a detective, gives chase to a desolate island in the South Pacific where a rum-running gangster, Murdock, holds him captive. Callahan becomes infatuated with a native girl, Leona, and Sylvia turns to Graham for protection against the offensive Murdock. A volcano eruption causes problems for all.

Genres

Adventure

Production Companies

Fox Film Corporation

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Cast

Sylvia Douglas

Madge Bellamy

James Callahan

Leslie Fenton

Graham

Edmund Lowe

Leona

Marcella Daly

Hazy

Harvey Clark

Murdock

Edward Peil Sr.

Lillian Webster

Doris Lloyd

Dr. Murphy

Patrick Kelly

Mrs. Murphy

Mary Gordon

The Halfwit

Sammy Blum

The Ship Captain

Paul Panzer

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