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Paradise Island is a american film of genre Action directed by Bert Glennon released in USA on 15 july 1930 with Kenneth Harlan
Paradise Island (1930)
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Ellen Bradford arrive dans une île des mers du sud pour y retrouver son fiancé Roy Armstrong, mais il est devenu alcoolique et plein de dettes envers Lutze, le propriétaire du saloon local, qui fait aussi office de tripot. Réalisant son désarroi, Lutze lui vient en aide, en espérant qu'elle tombera amoureuse de lui. Mais l'intervention de Jim Thorne, qui regagne au jeu les dettes d'Armstrong, conduit Ellen à lui avouer son affection.Actors
Kenneth Harlan
(Jim Thorne)
Marceline Day
(Ellen Bradford)
Tom Santschi
(Dutch Mike Lutze)
Paul Hurst
(Beauty)
Betty Boyd
(Poppi)
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