Siren of the Tropics

Siren of the Tropics
La sirène des tropiques
Directed byMario Nalpas
Henri Étiévant
Written byMaurice Dekobra
Produced byLouis Aubert
StarringJosephine Baker
Pierre Batcheff
Régina Dalthy
Regina Thomas
CinematographyPaul Cotteret
Albert Duverger
Maurice Hennebains
Music byScott Paulson
Production
company
Distributed byLa Centrale Cinématographique
Release dates
  • 30 December 1927 (1927-12-30) (France)
  • 22 September 1929 (1929-09-22) (USA)
Running time
86 minutes
CountryFrance
LanguagesSilent film
French intertitles

Siren of the Tropics (French: La Sirène des tropiques) is a 1927 French silent film starring Josephine Baker. Directed by Mario Nalpas and Henri Étiévant and set in the West Indies, the film tells the story of a native girl named Papitou (Baker) who falls in love with a French man named André Berval (Pierre Batcheff).