High Seas (1929)

Directed by

Denison Clift

Genre

adventure film

Country

United Kingdom

Runtime

1h 11m

Rating

10.0 of 10 from 1 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A wealthy young man is saved from a shipwreck by a sailor's daughter and falls in love with her. He wants to marry her but his family tries to stop the match.

romanticadventurousold-fashionedmelodramaticlightwhimsicalfamily conflictsea-based

What happens

High Seas is a sound 1929 British adventure film directed by Denison Clift and starring Lillian Rich, James Carew, John Stuart, Randle Ayrton and Winter Hall. While the film has no audible dialog, it features a synchronized musical score, singing and sound effects on the soundtrack. The film follows a wealthy young man who falls in love with a sailor's daughter who saves him from a shipwreck. When he announces he wants to marry her, his family try to foil the match. It was based on a story by Monckton Hoffe. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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