The Pagan (1929)
- Directed by
- W. S. Van Dyke
- Genre
- silent film, romance film
- Country
- United States
- Runtime
- 1h 23m
- Rating
- 6.7 of 10 from 10 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
How it feels
A romantic drama set in Tahiti. A man lives a simple life on the island until his peaceful existence is disrupted by love and conflict.
romantictropicalmelancholiclyricalslow-pacednostalgicquiet
What happens
The Pagan is a 1929 synchronized sound romantic drama filmed in Tahiti and produced and distributed by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. While the film has no audible dialog, it was released with a synchronized musical score with sound effects using both the sound-on-disc and sound-on-film process. Both director W. S. Van Dyke and cinematographer Clyde De Vinna had previously visited Tahiti in 1928 to film White Shadows in the South Seas. The Pagan stars Ramon Novarro. The film has a slight resemblance in story to an earlier Novarro silent, Where the Pavement Ends (1923), directed by Rex Ingram and now lost. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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