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==Production== |
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''South Sea Sinner'' was known as ''East of Java'' during filming. [[Helena Carter]] replaced [[Dorothy Hart]].<ref>By THOMAS F BRADY Special to The New York Times. (1949, Jul 01). JANET LEIGH GETS 2 RKO FILM LEADS. New York Times (1923-Current File) Retrieved from https://search.proquest.com/docview/105964331</ref> |
''South Sea Sinner'' was known as ''East of Java'' during filming. [[Helena Carter]] replaced [[Dorothy Hart]].<ref>By THOMAS F BRADY Special to The New York Times. (1949, Jul 01). JANET LEIGH GETS 2 RKO FILM LEADS. New York Times (1923-Current File) Retrieved from https://search.proquest.com/docview/105964331</ref> Star MacDonald Carey was borrowed from Paramount. |
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| ⚫ | Winters was accused of having a number of temperamental outbursts on set.<ref>HEDDA HOPPER. (1949, Jul 26). Los Angeles Times (1923-Current File) Retrieved from https://search.proquest.com/docview/165977394</ref> |
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| ⚫ | Winters was accused of having a number of temperamental outbursts on set including a clash with [[Helena Carter]].<ref>HEDDA HOPPER. (1949, Jul 26). Los Angeles Times (1923-Current File) Retrieved from https://search.proquest.com/docview/165977394</ref> Winters admitted to being "nervous and tired" after making three films in five months and was "unused" to Humbersome's "close direction during song and dance scenes."<ref>HEDDA HOPPER: Walker Will Costar With Singer Grayson |
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Los Angeles Times (1923-1995); Los Angeles, Calif. [Los Angeles, Calif]26 July 1949: 14. </ref> She said she had to perform "a suggestive dance" when some exhibitors and their families visit the set and she was upset when an eight year old boy filmed her; she asked that he be removed to where she couldn't see him.<ref>Scheuer, P. K. (1949, Nov 13). SHELLEY WINTERS MAY DO JEAN HARLOW'S LIFE. Los Angeles Times (1923-Current File) Retrieved from https://search.proquest.com/docview/166060791</ref> |
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==Reception== |
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The ''New York Times'' called it a "ridiculously romance-soggy film which has about as much South Seas flavour as a roadside papaya bar."<ref>THE SCREEN IN REVIEW: 'South Sea Sinner' Arrives at the Criterion-By BOSLEY CROWTHER. New York Times 16 Jan 1950: 18</ref> |
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Revision as of 23:45, 26 August 2019
| South Sea Sinner | |
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 Theatrical release poster | |
| Directed by | H. Bruce Humberstone |
| Written by | Joel Malone adaptation |
| Screenplay by | Joel Malone Oscar Brodney |
| Story by | Ladislas Fodor László Vadnay (as Laszlo Vadnay) |
| Produced by | Michael Kraike (as Michel Kraike) |
| Starring | Macdonald Carey Shelley Winters |
| Cinematography | Maury Gertsman |
| Edited by | Ted J. Kent |
| Music by | Walter Scharf |
Production company | Universal Pictures |
| Distributed by | Universal Pictures |
Release date |
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Running time | 88 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
South Sea Sinner is a 1950 American adventure film directed by H. Bruce Humberstone and starring MacDonald Carey and Shelley Winters. It is a remake of Seven Sinners (1940). Liberace has a small role.[1]
Premise
A cafe owner on a South Sea island plays a dangerous game of blackmail with a fugitive from justice.
Cast
- MacDonald Carey as 'Jake' Davis
- Shelley Winters as Coral
- Luther Adler as Cognac
- Frank Lovejoy as Doc
- Helena Carter as Margaret Landis
- Art Smith as Grayson
- Liberace as Maestro
Production
South Sea Sinner was known as East of Java during filming. Helena Carter replaced Dorothy Hart.[2] Star MacDonald Carey was borrowed from Paramount.
Winters was accused of having a number of temperamental outbursts on set including a clash with Helena Carter.[3] Winters admitted to being "nervous and tired" after making three films in five months and was "unused" to Humbersome's "close direction during song and dance scenes."[4] She said she had to perform "a suggestive dance" when some exhibitors and their families visit the set and she was upset when an eight year old boy filmed her; she asked that he be removed to where she couldn't see him.[5]
Reception
The New York Times called it a "ridiculously romance-soggy film which has about as much South Seas flavour as a roadside papaya bar."[6]
References
- ^ Bosley Crowther. "'South Sea Sinner' Arrives at the Criterion--'Red Light' Comes to the Globe". The New York Times, January 16, 1950.
- ^ By THOMAS F BRADY Special to The New York Times. (1949, Jul 01). JANET LEIGH GETS 2 RKO FILM LEADS. New York Times (1923-Current File) Retrieved from https://search.proquest.com/docview/105964331
- ^ HEDDA HOPPER. (1949, Jul 26). Los Angeles Times (1923-Current File) Retrieved from https://search.proquest.com/docview/165977394
- ^ HEDDA HOPPER: Walker Will Costar With Singer Grayson Los Angeles Times (1923-1995); Los Angeles, Calif. [Los Angeles, Calif]26 July 1949: 14.
- ^ Scheuer, P. K. (1949, Nov 13). SHELLEY WINTERS MAY DO JEAN HARLOW'S LIFE. Los Angeles Times (1923-Current File) Retrieved from https://search.proquest.com/docview/166060791
- ^ THE SCREEN IN REVIEW: 'South Sea Sinner' Arrives at the Criterion-By BOSLEY CROWTHER. New York Times 16 Jan 1950: 18
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