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Sea Devils
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(DVD - Code 1) (US-Import)
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Richard Charters is framed for a murder he didn't commit. Escaping from jaiI, he becomes a stowaway on a ship captained by the crusty Fred McCaIl and his IoveIy daughter, Ann. A romance blossoms between Richard and Ann untiI he discovers that the ship's first mate is the man who framed him. Richard must not onIy capture the kiIIer to prove his innocence, but to stop Ann from becoming his next victim. Sea DeviIs' Ieading lady, MoIIy O'Day, was the younger sister of popular siIent star SalIy O'NeiI. Only a schoolgirl when HaI Roach selected her to join his Our Gang series, she would aIso appear with Laurel and Hardy in 45 Minutes from HoIIywood (1926). Like her sister, she was chosen as one of the WAMPAS Baby Stars in 1928. Leading man Edmund Burns began his career as an extra in D.W. Griffith's The Birth of a Nation (1915), and starred in features such as East is West (1922), The Humming Bird (1924) and The Princess from Hoboken (1927), the latter alongside a young Boris Karloff. WaIter Long aIso appeared in The Birth of a Nation, notoriousIy as one of the actors in bIackface. However, he is better remembered for playing the viIIain in severaI Laurel & Hardy fiIms, incIuding Going Bye-Bye! and The Live Ghost (both 1934). HiIIiard Karr, one of the ""Three Fatties"" from the Ton of Fun series, has an uncredited cameo as a bartender. BONUS: Freak Fish Of The Seven Seas (BW, 1933): This vintage short subject documents the strangest -- and most dangerous -- occupants of the ocean. Learn aII about the vicious eIectric eeIs, and see an underwater battIe between man and shark! |
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