On a Pacific island, Dr. Matthew Lloyd drinks too much and is tired of the white traders taking advantage of the local pearl divers. Sebastian is the worst of them all. Pearl diving is full of dangers. Matthew gets shipwrecked and falls for island girl Fayaway.
This won the Oscar for cinematography. It has the beauty of the tropics even if it's in black and white. I'm more impressed with the underwater filming. I don't know the history of that part of cinema, but it looks like the real ocean. Maybe they filmed it from the surface. The storm looks like tank work. Apparently, this was sold as a sound film, but that part seemed to have disappointed. The story isn't much. This works better as a travelogue.
This won the Oscar for cinematography. It has the beauty of the tropics even if it's in black and white. I'm more impressed with the underwater filming. I don't know the history of that part of cinema, but it looks like the real ocean. Maybe they filmed it from the surface. The storm looks like tank work. Apparently, this was sold as a sound film, but that part seemed to have disappointed. The story isn't much. This works better as a travelogue.