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Release Date: 1928

Cast: Raquel Torres, Monte Blue

Categories: Movies, Drama Film, Silent Film, Adventure Drama, Crime, Adventure

White Shadows in the South Seas (1928) is a silent film adventure romance produced by Cosmopolitan Productions in association with MGM and distributed by MGM. The movie was directed by W.S. Van Dyke and starred Monte Blue and Raquel Torres. Based on the novel of the same name by Frederick O'Brien, the film is known for being the first MGM picture to be released with a pre-recorded soundtrack and having won an Academy Award for Best Cinematography for Clyde De Vinna. The film is based on the 1919 novel of the same name by Frederick O'Brien, who spent a year in the South Pacific with native... MORE

White Shadows in the South Seas (1928) is a silent film adventure romance produced by Cosmopolitan Productions in association with MGM and distributed by MGM. The movie was directed by W.S. Van Dyke and starred Monte Blue and Raquel Torres. Based on the novel of the same name by Frederick O'Brien, the film is known for being the first MGM picture to be released with a pre-recorded soundtrack and having won an Academy Award for Best Cinematography for Clyde De Vinna. The film is based on the 1919 novel of the same name by Frederick O'Brien, who spent a year in the South Pacific with native islanders. The film began production in 1927 as a co-venture between documentary filmmaker Robert Flaherty and MGM. The production was filmed in Tahiti, 4000 miles from Hollywood, a rarity for the time. The film is known for being the first MGM picture to be released with a pre-recorded soundtrack. The soundtrack consisted of a romantic score by William Axt and David Mendoza, with a few sound effects such as wind howling, a storm, trees ruffling and one faint word "Hello". The Tahitian location was sumptuously captured by cameramen Clyde De Vinna and Bob Roberts. De Vinna picked up an Academy LESS