Hell Harbor (1930)
90 mins | Romance | 15 March 1930
Cast:
Lupe Velez, Jean Hersholt, John Holland [ More ]Director:
Henry KingWriter:
Fred de GresacProducer:
Henry KingCinematographers:
John Fulton , Mack Stengler, Robert M. HassEditor:
Lloyd NoslerProduction Designer:
Robert M. HaasProduction Company:
Inspiration Pictures, Inc.The 4 Jan 1930 Exhibitors Herald-World announced that the production starting date for Hell Harbor was in early Sep 1929 (the single digit was illegible). According to the 15 Feb 1930 Exhibition Herald-World, the song running through the movie was called "Caribbean Love Song."
According to the Var review, Hell Harbor was photographed on locations near Tampa, FL.
The Motion Picture Producers and Distributors Association certificate number is for the 1934 reissue. ...
The 4 Jan 1930 Exhibitors Herald-World announced that the production starting date for Hell Harbor was in early Sep 1929 (the single digit was illegible). According to the 15 Feb 1930 Exhibition Herald-World, the song running through the movie was called "Caribbean Love Song."
According to the Var review, Hell Harbor was photographed on locations near Tampa, FL.
The Motion Picture Producers and Distributors Association certificate number is for the 1934 reissue.
Anita, the daughter of a descendant of Morgan, the pirate, lives with her unscrupulous father, Harry, on a Caribbean island. Joseph Horngold, a pearl trader, seeing Morgan kill a stranger in the island honky-tonk, bargains with him, proposing that he marry Anita as the price for his silence; but the strong-willed Anita refuses to submit to her father's demands. She tells Bob Wade, an American trader, of her father's plans and warns him of her father and Joseph's treachery; consequently, he agrees to protect her. Anita steals Joseph's pearls; and when he accuses Morgan of the theft, Morgan kills the trader and menaces the girl with a similar fate. Learning of her peril, Wade comes to her aid and charges Morgan with the murder. Ultimately, Wade and Anita are happily ...
Anita, the daughter of a descendant of Morgan, the pirate, lives with her unscrupulous father, Harry, on a Caribbean island. Joseph Horngold, a pearl trader, seeing Morgan kill a stranger in the island honky-tonk, bargains with him, proposing that he marry Anita as the price for his silence; but the strong-willed Anita refuses to submit to her father's demands. She tells Bob Wade, an American trader, of her father's plans and warns him of her father and Joseph's treachery; consequently, he agrees to protect her. Anita steals Joseph's pearls; and when he accuses Morgan of the theft, Morgan kills the trader and menaces the girl with a similar fate. Learning of her peril, Wade comes to her aid and charges Morgan with the murder. Ultimately, Wade and Anita are happily reunited.
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