Never the Twain Shall Meet

Overview

Dan works for Pritchard and Pritchard out of San Francisco and is in love with Maisie, referred to as "the icebox" by his news reporter friend. As one of his ships returns to San Francisco, Dan learns that the Captain has contracted Leprosy and asks Dan to be the guardian of his South Sea island daughter Tamea. Dan soon learns that Tamea wants him and will do nothing without a kiss. But Tamea soon learns that she is different than Dan and Maisie and that makes her angry. Dan decides to go and live on the island with Tamea, but soon finds out that Paradise is not everything that he thought it was.

Details

Status

Released

Release date

May 16, 1931

Original language

English

Spoken languages

English

Countries

United States of America

Production

Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer

Cast

Clyde Cook,Karen Morley,Bob Gilbert,Jay Eaton,Hale Hamilton,Mitchell Lewis,Leslie Howard,Eulalie Jensen,C. Aubrey Smith,Conchita Montenegroand 4 more

Director

W.S. Van Dyke

Writer

Edwin Justus Mayer,Peter B. Kyne,Eugene Mullin

Cinematography

Merritt B. Gerstad

Budget

Not recorded

Revenue

Not recorded

IMDb

tt0022197