Never the Twain Shall Meet (1925)
Melodrama | 13 September 1925
Director:
Maurice TourneurWriter:
Eugene MullinCinematographers:
Ira H. Morgan , J. B. ShackelfordEditor:
Donn HayesProduction Company:
Cosmopolitan Corp.The October 1924 American Cinematographer reported that filming was currently taking place in Tahiti in French Polynesia. "Before leaving for the island, the company was on location at San Francisco," the item noted. The company was scheduled to return to Culver City at the end of October, when "interiors will be filmed at the Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios."
A sound adaptation of the Peter B. Kyne story was produced by M-G-M in 1931. Also titled Never the Twain Shall Meet, that film was directed by W. S. Van Dyke and starred Leslie Howard and Conchita Montenegro (see entry). ...
The October 1924 American Cinematographer reported that filming was currently taking place in Tahiti in French Polynesia. "Before leaving for the island, the company was on location at San Francisco," the item noted. The company was scheduled to return to Culver City at the end of October, when "interiors will be filmed at the Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios."
A sound adaptation of the Peter B. Kyne story was produced by M-G-M in 1931. Also titled Never the Twain Shall Meet, that film was directed by W. S. Van Dyke and starred Leslie Howard and Conchita Montenegro (see entry).
Tamea, the beautiful offspring of a French sea captain and the queen of a South Sea island, accompanies her father on a voyage to San Francisco. Arriving in port, her father is told that he has leprosy; and putting Tamea in the care of his friend, Dan Pritchard, he kills himself. With the help of Mellenger, a reporter, Dan cares for the girl, becoming increasingly fond of her, much to the dismay of his fiancée, Maisie. Dan's business fails, and Tamea returns to her island paradise. Dan soon follows, and they are wed in a native ceremony. Heat and inactivity weigh heavily on Dan, and he soon goes into a moral decline. Mellenger arrives on the island, accompanied by Maisie; Dan later returns to the United States with her, and Mellenger stays on the island, offering Tamea his comfort and ...
Tamea, the beautiful offspring of a French sea captain and the queen of a South Sea island, accompanies her father on a voyage to San Francisco. Arriving in port, her father is told that he has leprosy; and putting Tamea in the care of his friend, Dan Pritchard, he kills himself. With the help of Mellenger, a reporter, Dan cares for the girl, becoming increasingly fond of her, much to the dismay of his fiancée, Maisie. Dan's business fails, and Tamea returns to her island paradise. Dan soon follows, and they are wed in a native ceremony. Heat and inactivity weigh heavily on Dan, and he soon goes into a moral decline. Mellenger arrives on the island, accompanied by Maisie; Dan later returns to the United States with her, and Mellenger stays on the island, offering Tamea his comfort and love.
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