Aloma of the South Seas (1941 film)

Aloma of the South Seas
Aloma of the South Seas
	Theatrical release poster
Directed by	Alfred Santell
Screenplay by	Frank Butler; Lillie Hayward; Seena Owen
Story by	Seena Owen; Curt Siodmak
Based on	Aloma of the South Seas; by LeRoy Clemens and John B. Hymer
Produced by	Monta Bell; Buddy DeSylva
Starring	Dorothy Lamour; Jon Hall
Cinematography	Wilfred M. Cline; William E. Snyder
Edited by	Arthur P. Schmidt
Production; company	Paramount Pictures
Distributed by	Paramount Pictures
Release date	August 27, 1941;
Running time	78 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English
Box office	$2 million (U.S. and Canada rental)

Aloma of the South Seas is a 1941 American romantic adventure drama film directed by Alfred Santell and starring Dorothy Lamour and Jon Hall. The film was shot in Technicolor and distributed by Paramount Pictures.

Aloma of the South Seas is based on the 1925 Broadway play of the same name by LeRoy Clemens and John B. Hymer. It is a remake of the 1926 silent film of the same name.^[2] Lamour and Hall were the reigning darlings of south sea island adventures of this era having starred in John Ford's The Hurricane. Aloma of the South Seas fits into the romance adventure canon of which Lamour and Hall excelled at.^[3]

Plot

Aloma and Prince Tanoa are promised by the islanders to wed from their childhood, though the two despise each other and fight. Tanoa is sent to the United States for her education and does not return for 15 years after the death of his father. Once crowned, Tanoa's treacherous cousin Revo who has plotted to rule in place of Tanoa since childhood, sees his chance by arming himself and his band with rifles and a light machine gun.

Cast

Dorothy Lamour as Aloma
Jon Hall as Tanoa
Lynne Overman as Corky
Phillip Reed as Revo
Katherine DeMille as Kari
Fritz Leiber as High Priest
Dona Drake as Nea
Esther Dale as Tarusa
Pedro de Cordoba as Raaiti
John Barclay as Ikali
Norma Gene Nelson as Aloma as a child
Evelyn Del Rio as Nea, as a child
Scotty Beckett as Tanoa as a child
William Roy as Revo as a child
Noble Johnson as Moukali

Awards

The film was nominated for two Academy Awards:^[4]

References

^ "All-time Film Rental Champs". Variety. October 15, 1990. p. M142.
^ Goble, Alan, ed. (1999). The Complete Index to Literary Sources in Film. Walter de Gruyter. p. 236. ISBN 3-110-95194-0.
^ Vagg, Stephen (April 9, 2022). "The Campy, Yet Surprisingly Interesting Cinema of Jon Hall". Filmiink.
^ "The 14th Academy Awards (1942) Nominees and Winners". oscars.org. Retrieved 2013-06-21.

External links

[1] "All-time Film Rental Champs". Variety. October 15, 1990. p. M142.

[2] Goble, Alan, ed. (1999). The Complete Index to Literary Sources in Film. Walter de Gruyter. p. 236. ISBN 3-110-95194-0.

[hall-3] Vagg, Stephen (April 9, 2022). "The Campy, Yet Surprisingly Interesting Cinema of Jon Hall". Filmiink.

[Oscars1942-4] "The 14th Academy Awards (1942) Nominees and Winners". oscars.org. Retrieved 2013-06-21.

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