Devil on Deck

Devil on Deck is a 1932 Pre-code talking film directed by Wallace Fox and starring Reed Howes and Molly O'Day. It was produced and distributed by Sono Art-World Wide Pictures, a B-movie studio that turned out occasionally some successful pictures like The Great Gabbo.^[1]

Devil on Deck
Directed by	Wallace Fox
Written by	Bernard McConville
Produced by	George W. Weeks
Starring	Molly O'Day Reed Howes
Cinematography	William Nobles
Edited by	Fred Bain
Distributed by	Sono Art-World Wide Pictures
Release date	January 1, 1932 (1932-01-01)
Running time	70 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English

Story

As this is a lost film, not even the AFI has any story or plot on it. By the promotional material that survives, it's a typical South Seas story found all over the silent film era just a few years before sound arrived. The cast is made up mostly of silent film veterans.^[2]

Cast

• Reed Howes as John Moore
• Molly O'Day as Kay Wheeler
• Wheeler Oakman as Shanghai Morgan
• June Marlowe as Mary Moore
• Kenneth Treseder as Limey
• A. S. 'Pop' Byron as Pop Wheeler
• Rolfe Sedan as Frenchie
• Constantine Romanoff as Swede

Preservation status

• This film is presumed lost.^[3]