Ebb Tide (1937)

Director:

James P. Hogan

Writers:

Robert Louis Stevenson (novel), Lloyd Osbourne (novel),

Stars:

Oskar Homolka, Frances Farmer, Ray Milland

Cast

Cast overview:
Oskar Homolka	...	Capt. Jakob Therbecke
Frances Farmer	...	Faith Wishart
Ray Milland	...	Robert Herrick
Lloyd Nolan	...	Attwater
Barry Fitzgerald	...	Huish
Charles Judels	...	Port Doctor
Charles Stevens	...	Uncle Ned
David Torrence	...	Tapena Tom
Lina Basquette	...	Attwater's Servant
Harry Field	...	Tahiera

Storyline

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Plot Keywords:

madman | island | boat captain | based on novel

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Genres:

Adventure

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Certificate:

Approved

Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

25 December 1937 (Finland)

Also Known As:

Le voilier maudit

Filming Locations:

Paramount Studios - 5555 Melrose Avenue, Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA

Company Credits

Production Co:

Paramount Pictures

Technical Specs

Runtime:

94 min

Sound Mix:

Mono (Western Electric Noiseless Recording)

Color:

Color (Technicolor) (typhoon scene) Color (Technicolor)

Aspect Ratio:

1.37 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

One of over 700 Paramount Productions, filmed between 1929 and 1949, which were sold to MCA/Universal in 1958 for television distribution, and have been owned and controlled by Universal ever since.

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Connections

Version of Adventure Island (1947)

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Soundtracks

"Ebb Tide"
Music by Ralph Rainger
Lyrics by Leo Robin

User Reviews

Frances Farmer's only technicolor film

One of the strangest films to come from a major studio during the golden era of Hollywood, "Ebb Tide" was promoted as "the first South Seas drama in COLOR", and boasts an eclectic (to say the least) cast, including Oscar Homolka (in his US feature debut), Frances Farmer (in her only color film), Ray Milland, Barry Fitzgerald and Lloyd Nolan. Dour, pessimistic, and full of tortured close-ups of Homolka grimacing, this was probably not what movie-goers of 1937 were expecting. On the plus-side, the performances are riveting (though Homolka is difficult to understand at times), and the chance to see the ravishing Farmer in Technicolor splendor is worth wading through a turgid plot involving three ne'er-do-wells shanghaing a quarantined ship to the tropical paradise island of Tehua, where they meet madman Lloyd Nolan. There's also an exciting storm sequence which was the "Perfect Storm" of its day. Based on a story co-written by Robert Louis Stevenson. The only broadcast print in wide circulation is edited and is badly in need of color correction.