Pidgin Island

Name: Pidgin Island
Genre: Romance
Released: 1916-12-25
Duration: 50 min
Cast: Harold Lockwood, May Allison, Pomeroy Cannon

1916
50m

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May Allison and Harold Lockwood in Pidgin Island (1916)

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May Allison, Fred J. Balshofer, and Harold Lockwood in Pidgin Island (1916)

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Harold Lockwood

John Cranford

May Allison

Diana Wynne

Pomeroy Cannon

Michael Smead
(as Doc Pomeroy Cannon)

Lester Cuneo

Donald Smead

Fred L. Wilson

Uncle Billy
(as Fred Wilson)

Lillian Hayward

Uncle Billy's wife

Elijah Zerr

Lester
(as Elizah Zerr)

Yukio Aoyama

Wah Sing

Virginia Lee Corbin

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- Fred J. Balshofer
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Stars Harold Lockwood and May Allison, cameraman Tony Gaudio and writer/director Fred J. Balshofer were almost drowned during filming off the coast of Monterey, California, when a large wave suddenly appeared out of nowhere and swept them all into the ocean. They survived by grabbing onto a rock wall the wave had washed them onto near the shoreline and holding on until the wave receded.

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An absorbing story has been given a fitting visualization

The screen version of Harold MacGrath's novel, "Pidgin Island," picturized in five reels by the Yorke Film Corporation for release on the Metro program, is destined to please many more thousands of persons than were pleased with the book. With Harold Lockwood and May Allison in the leading roles, and with beautiful and true-to- the-story exteriors, Mr. MacGrath's absorbing story has been given a fitting visualization. The five reels embrace many surf scenes, and these have been photographed with a fine eye for the artistic. The action is not allowed to suffer, however, through their amplitude. There are also some good Chinatown scenes, photographed at night. Mr. MacGrath s story is one of smugglers, customs inspectors and romance, and the cast for the picture has been selected with care enough to have suited the author himself. The underworld types are convincing. Mr. Lockwood and Miss Allison are seen at their best in the more romantic scenes. Despite a tendency to resort frequently to titles, the story is unfolded smoothly enough on the screen to hold the spectator's undivided attention. On the whole "Pidgin Island" is an acceptable offering. – The Moving Picture World, January 13, 1917

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