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Never the Twain Shall Meet (1925)

Never the Twain Shall Meet poster
Directed by
Maurice Tourneur
Genre
drama film, silent film
Country
United States
Runtime
1h 20m
Rating
6.0 of 10 from 2 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A silent film about a love story set in the South Seas. The plot involves a man who falls for a native girl, leading to conflict with societal expectations.

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What happens

Never the Twain Shall Meet is a 1925 American silent South Seas drama film based on the book by Peter B. Kyne, produced by MGM and directed by Maurice Tourneur, starring Anita Stewart and featuring Boris Karloff in an uncredited bit part. It was remade as talking picture in 1931 at MGM by director W. S. Van Dyke. This is one of Tourneur's many lost and sought after films. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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