Across to Singapore
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Director William Nigh Screenplay Ted Shane Duration Country United States | 7.4/10 IMDb Genre Drama, Romance Story by Ben Ames Williams | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Language Silent
English intertitles Writer Ted Shane , Joseph Farnham , Richard Schayer Release date April 30, 1928 (1928-04-30) Based on All the Brothers Were Valiant
by Ben Ames Williams Cast Ramon Novarro (Joel Shore), Joan Crawford (Priscilla Crowninshield), Ernest Torrence (Captain Mark Shore), Frank Currier (Jeremiah Shore), Dan Wolheim (Noah Shore), Duke Martin (Matthew Shore)Similar movies Titanic , Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End , Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides , Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest , Captain Phillips , King Kong Tagline A boy and a girl-alone against a ship full of mutineers. High adventure on the high seas, with the great star of romance leading the way. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Across to Singapore is a 1928 American silent romantic drama film directed by William Nigh, and starring Ramon Novarro and Joan Crawford. The plot involves a love triangle between a woman and two brothers, set on board ship and in Singapore. The screenplay was written by Ted Shane based on the novel All the Brothers Were Valiant by Ben Ames Williams.
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This was the second film based on this novel; the first was All the Brothers Were Valiant (1923, now lost), and it was remade again in 1953 as All the Brothers Were Valiant.
Plot
In 1857, Joel Shore (Ramon Novarro), the carefree youngest son of a seafaring family, has a flirtatious friendship with Priscilla Crowninshield (Joan Crawford), and he eventually falls in love with her. However, unbeknownst to him, Priscilla has been betrothed to Joel's much older brother, Mark (Ernest Torrence). The wedding is announced in church as a surprise, and Joel and Priscilla are both shocked, with Priscilla refusing to kiss her new husband after the ceremony.
Mark, a ship's captain, sails to Singapore, accompanied by Joel and their other brothers. Priscilla tells Joel she had no idea about the marriage and tries to kiss him, but Joel is hurt and rebuffs Priscilla's advances before he leaves. At the same time, Mark, mad about Priscilla spurning him, drinks heavily during the voyage and begins to see hallucinations of Priscilla. He senses that Priscilla loves someone else and threatens to harm whoever it is, but Joel tells him she does not love anyone but Mark. Mark continues to drink once they arrive in Singapore, but a conspiratorial crew led by Finch (Jim Mason) sails from Singapore without him, with Mark killed in a bar fight. Joel is put in handcuffs for allegedly not coming to his brother's aid during the fight.
Reaching home, Joel is freed; he finds Priscilla, and, taking her with him, he returns to Singapore for Mark, as he does not believe Mark is dead. They arrive in Singapore six months after having left, and find Mark a drunken mess. Mark sees that Priscilla does not love him, and he steps aside for his brother.
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References
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