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Never the Twain Shall Meet

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Original title

Year

1931

Running time

71 min.

Country

United States

Director

W.S. Van Dyke

Screenwriter

Edwin Justus Mayer, Ruth Cummings, John Lynch. Plot: Peter B. Kyne

Cast

Cinematography

Merrit B. Gerstad (B&W)

Producer

Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM)

Genre

Drama

Synopsis

Dan works for Pritchard and Pritchard out of San Francisco and is in love with Maisie, referred to as "the icebox" by his news reporter friend. As one of his ships returns to San Francisco, Dan learns that the Captain has contracted Leprosy and asks Dan to be the guardian of his South Sea island daughter Tamea. Dan soon learns that Tamea wants him and will do nothing without a kiss. But Tamea soon learns that she is different than Dan and Maisie and that makes her angry. Dan decides to go and live on the island with Tamea, but soon finds out that Paradise is not everything that he thought it was.

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Never the Twain Shall Meet

1931

W.S. Van Dyke