''South Sea Love'' is a 1923 American silent

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directed by

David Selman David Selman (1878 – August 1, 1937) was an American film director.Langman & Finn p.86 Selected filmography * '' South Sea Love'' (1923) * ''Kentucky Days'' (1923) * ''Remember'' (1926) * ''Resurrection'' (1931) * '' The Westerner'' (1934) * ' ...

, which stars Shirley Mason,

J. Frank Glendon J. Frank Glendon (October 25, 1886 – March 17, 1937) was an American film actor. He appeared in more than 70 films between 1915 and 1936. He was born in Choteau, Montana, and died in Hollywood, California. Selected filmography * '' Canni ...

, and

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. The screenplay was written by Harrison Josephs, based on a short story by

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and Frederick Hatton, which appeared in the March 1923 edition of ''Young's Magazine''.

Plot

As described in a film magazine review, Captain Medina's daughter Dolores meets British trader Gerald Wilton aboard her father's ship. When the Captain dies, Wilton promises to take care of Dolores. When she learns that Wilton is already married, the young woman runs away and becomes a dancer in a tropical café. When his wife dies, Wilton finds that he is now free to rejoin Dolores. When he finds her, she rejects him. Her father's friends then combine to grab Wilton and hang him, but Dolores intervenes to save him. Dolores and Wilton are reconciled.

Cast

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Lobby card
at www.alamy.com
south seas cinema; a site devoted to island films
Melodrama films Fox Film films American silent feature films Films directed by David Selman 1923 drama films 1923 films Silent American drama films American black-and-white films 1920s English-language films 1920s American films {{1920s-silent-drama-film-stub