White shadows in the South Seas [videorecording] / Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer presents ; compiled by Ray Doyle and Jack Cunningham ; under the direction of W.S. Van Dyke ; a Cosmopolitan production.
Monte Blue, Raquel Torres, Robert Anderson. "A camera record of Frederick O'Brien's famous book." "This disc is expected to play back in DVD video "play only" devices, and may not play back in other DVD devices, including recorders and PC drives."--Container. Originally released as a motion picture in 1928.
Summary:
"Even today, the Marquesas Islands beckon travelers yearning for an exotic and authentic Polynesian experience. Imagine the wonder of 1928 audiences when White shadows in the South Seas took them thousands of miles from home to that remote Eden of rolling waves and palm-fringed beaches. The first of W.S. Van Dyke's famed filmed-on-location adventures (the others: The pagan and Trader Horn) tells a dramatic tale of foreign interlopers -- a booze-sodden doctor and a rapacious pearl trader - who bring destruction to a vibrant Pacific culture. The film features synchronized music and sound effects plus spectacular, Academy Award-winning cinematography that captures a paradise in peril."--Container.
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