| White Shadows in the South Seas | |
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_Lobby_Card.jpg) 1928 film poster | |
| Directed by | W. S. Van Dyke |
| Written by | Intertitles: John Colton |
| Screenplay by | Jack Cunningham Ray Doyle |
| Based on | White Shadows in the South Seas 1919 novel by Frederick O'Brien |
| Produced by | Irving Thalberg Hunt Stromberg William Randolph Hearst |
| Starring | Monte Blue Raquel Torres |
| Cinematography | Clyde De Vinna Bob Roberts George Gordon Nogle |
| Edited by | Ben Lewis |
| Music by | William Axt David Mendoza |
Production company | |
| Distributed by | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer |
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Running time | 89 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Languages | Sound (Synchronized) English Intertitles |
| Budget | $365,000[1] |
| Box office | $1.6 million (worldwide rentals)[1] |
White Shadows in the South Seas is a 1928 American synchronized sound romantic adventure film directed by W.S. Van Dyke and starring Monte Blue and Raquel Torres. It was produced by Cosmopolitan Productions in association with MGM and distributed by MGM.[2] While the film has no audible dialog, it was released with a synchronized musical score with sound effects using the sound-on-film Western Electric Sound System process. Loosely based on the travel book of the same name by Frederick O'Brien, this film is important historically for being the first sound MGM film to be released with a pre-recorded soundtrack. Clyde De Vinna won an Academy Award for Best Cinematography.[3]
- ^ a b The Eddie Mannix Ledger, Los Angeles, California: Margaret Herrick Library, Center for Motion Picture Study.
- ^ White Shadows in the South Seas at silentera.com
- ^ The AFI Catalog of Feature Films: White Shadows in the South Seas