South Sea Love (1923 film)

South Sea Love is a 1923 American silent drama film directed by David Selman, which stars Shirley Mason, J. Frank Glendon, and Francis McDonald. The screenplay was written by Harrison Josephs, based on a short story by Fanny Hatton and Frederick Hatton, which appeared in the March 1923 edition of Young's Magazine.

South Sea Love
Directed by	David Selman (as David Soloman)
Written by	Harrison Josephs
Based on	"With the Tide" by Fanny Hatton Frederick Hatton
Produced by	William Fox
Starring	Shirley Mason J. Frank Glendon Francis McDonald
Production company	Fox Film Corporation
Release date	November 25, 1923 (1923-11-25) (US)[1]
Running time	5 reels
Country	United States
Language	Silent (English intertitles)

Plot

As described in a film magazine review,^[2] Captain Medina's daughter Dolores meets British trader Gerald Wilton aboard her father's ship. When the Captain dies, Wilton promises to take care of Dolores. When she learns that Wilton is already married, the young woman runs away and becomes a dancer in a tropical café. When his wife dies, Wilton finds that he is now free to rejoin Dolores. When he finds her, she rejects him. Her father's friends then combine to grab Wilton and hang him, but Dolores intervenes to save him. Dolores and Wilton are reconciled.

Cast

• Shirley Mason as Dolores Medina
• J. Frank Glendon as Gerald Wilton
• Francis McDonald as Manuel Salarno
• Lillian Nicholson as Maria
• Charles A. Sellon as Captain Medina
• Fred Lancaster as Innkeeper
• Robert Conville as Stubbs