Captain Lash

Captain Lash is a 1929 American Synchronized sound adventure drama film directed by John G. Blystone and starring Victor McLaglen, Claire Windsor and Jane Winton. While the film has no audible dialog, it was released with a synchronized musical score with sound effects using both the sound-on-disc and sound-on-film process. It was produced and distributed by the Fox Film Corporation.^[1][2] A copy of the film exists at UCLA.^[3] The film was released with a music score and sound effects track.

Captain Lash
Directed by	John G. Blystone
Written by	Andrew Bennison Malcolm Stuart Boylan John Stone Daniel G. Tomlinson
Produced by	William Fox
Starring	Victor McLaglen Claire Windsor Jane Winton
Cinematography	Conrad Wells
Edited by	James Kevin McGuinness
Production company	Fox Film Corporation
Distributed by	Fox Film Corporation
Release date	January 6, 1929 (1929-01-06)
Running time	60 minutes
Country	United States
Languages	Sound (Synchronized) English intertitles

Plot

Lash is the head coal stoker on a steam ship whose shipmates have nicknamed "Captain". Lash somehow grabs the attention of society dame passenger Cora Nevins. Nevins is actually a jewel thief who's lifted diamonds from wealthy passenger Arthur Condrax. She needs Lash to aid in sneaking the "ice" ashore at Singapore. Cocky is Lash's concertina-playing buddy and uses it to signal Lash.

Cast

• Victor McLaglen as Captain Lash
• Claire Windsor as Cora Nevins
• Jane Winton as Babe
• Clyde Cook as Cocky
• Arthur Stone as Gentleman Eddie
• Albert Conti as Alex Condrax
• Jean Laverty as Queen
• Frank Hagney as Bull Hawks
• Boris Charsky as Condax's servant
• Marcelle Corday as Mrs. Koenig

McLaglen and Windsor

Music

The musical score featured in the film was composed by Hugo Riesenfeld. S. L. Rothafel directed the recording session.

See also

• List of early sound feature films (1926–1929)