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Girl Overboard (1929)

Girl Overboard poster
Directed by
Wesley Ruggles
Genre
drama film
Country
United States
Runtime
1h 18m
Rating
9.0 of 10 from 1 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A woman is thrown overboard from a ship and rescued. She must navigate new relationships and secrets from her past.

melodramaticslightly datedromanticsomberatmosphericstylizedsentimental

What happens

Girl Overboard is a 1929 American sound part-talkie drama film directed by Wesley Ruggles and starring Mary Philbin. In addition to sequences with audible dialogue or talking sequences, the film features a synchronized musical score and sound effects along with English intertitles. The soundtrack was recorded using the Western Electric sound-on-film system. The film was distributed by Universal Pictures. The film is also known under the alternative titles of Salvage and Port of Dreams. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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