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{{short description|1938 film by James Whale}}
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| name = Sinners in Paradise
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| director = [[James Whale]]
| director = [[James Whale]]
| producer = [[Ken Goldsmith]] (associate producer)
| producer = Ken Goldsmith
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| writer =
| writer = [[Harold Buckley]] (story "Halfway to Shanghai")<br>[[Harold Buckley]] (screenplay) and<br>[[Louis Stevens]] (screenplay) and<br>[[Lester Cole]] (screenplay)<br>[[Robert Lee Johnson]]{{Citation needed|date=April 2011}} (uncredited)
| screenplay = [[Lester Cole]]<br>[[Harold Buckley]]<br>[[Louis Stevens (writer)|Louis Stevens]]
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| starring = See below
| story = [[Harold Buckley]]
| starring = [[Madge Evans]]<br>[[John Boles (actor)|John Boles]]<br>[[Bruce Cabot]]<br>[[Marion Martin]]<br>[[Gene Lockhart]]
| music = [[Oliver Wallace]]
| cinematography = [[George Robinson (cinematographer)|George Robinson]]
| cinematography = [[George Robinson (cinematographer)|George Robinson]]
| editing = [[Maurice Wright]]
| editing = Maurice Wright
| color_process = [[Black and white]]
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| released = 19 May 1938
| studio = James Whale Productions
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| distributor = [[Universal Pictures]]
| released = {{Film date|1938|05|19|United States}}
| runtime = 65 minutes
| runtime = 65 minutes
| country = [[USA]]
| country = United States
| language = English
| language = English
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'''''Sinners in Paradise''''' is a 1938 American film directed by [[James Whale]]. In 1966, the film entered the [[List of films in the public domain in the United States|public domain (in the USA)]] due to the claimants failure to renew its [[copyright registration]] in the 28th year after publication.<ref>{{cite journal |first=David |last=Pierce |year=2007 |month=June |title=Forgotten Faces: Why Some of Our Cinema Heritage Is Part of the Public Domain |journal=Film History: An International Journal |volume=19 |issue=2 |pages=125–43 |issn=0892-2160 |oclc=15122313 |url=http://www.jstor.org/stable/25165419 |accessdate=2012-01-05 | |doi=10.2979/FIL.2007.19.2.125 }}</ref>
'''''Sinners in Paradise''''' is a 1938 American [[South Seas genre|south seas]] [[adventure film]] directed by [[James Whale]] and starring [[Madge Evans]], [[John Boles (actor)|John Boles]], [[Bruce Cabot]], [[Marion Martin]] and [[Gene Lockhart]]. In 1966, the film entered the [[List of films in the public domain in the United States|public domain in the United States]] because the claimants did not renew its [[copyright registration]] in the 28th year after publication.<ref>{{cite journal |first=David |last=Pierce |date=June 2007 |title=Forgotten Faces: Why Some of Our Cinema Heritage Is Part of the Public Domain |journal=Film History: An International Journal |volume=19 |issue=2 |pages=125–43 |issn=0892-2160 |oclc=15122313 |jstor=25165419 |doi=10.2979/FIL.2007.19.2.125 |s2cid=191633078 }}</ref>


== Plot summary ==
==Plot==
A passenger aircraft crashes in mid-Pacific and some of the survivors reach an island inhabited only by an American, Jim Taylor, with his Chinese servant, Ping. He declines to help them, telling them to build their own shelter and gather their own food and, though he has a boat and fuel, refusing to take them off. The reason why he wants to remain undisturbed, we learn, is that he is wanted for murder. In time his attitude to the intruders softens as they, despite endless bickering, manage to form a working community and he finds himself increasingly drawn to an attractive young nurse, Anne Wesson, who is running away from her husband. When the boat is prepared for a trip to civilisation, two crooked businessmen from the party steal it with Ping onboard. In a fight, he kills them both and, fatally wounded, brings the boat back. The rest can then escape.
A passenger aircraft crashes in mid-Pacific and some of the survivors reach an island inhabited only by an American, Jim Taylor, with his Chinese servant, Ping. He declines to help them, telling them to build their own shelter and gather their own food and, though he has a boat and fuel, refusing to take them off. The reason why he wants to remain undisturbed, we learn, is that he is wanted for murder. In time his attitude to the intruders softens as they, despite endless bickering, manage to form a working community and he finds himself increasingly drawn to an attractive young nurse, Anne Wesson, who is running away from her husband. When the boat is prepared for a trip to civilization, two crooked businessmen from the party steal it with Ping on board. In a fight, he kills them both and, fatally wounded, brings the boat back. The rest can then escape.


==Cast==
=== Differences from original story ===
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* [[Madge Evans]] as Anne Wesson
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* [[John Boles (actor)|John Boles]] as Jim Taylor
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* [[Bruce Cabot]] as Robert Malone aka The Torpedo
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* [[Marion Martin]] as Iris Compton
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* [[Gene Lockhart]] as Sen. Corey
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* [[Charlotte Wynters]] as Thelma Chase
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* [[Nana Bryant]] as Mrs. Franklin Sydney
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* [[Milburn Stone]] as Honeyman
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* [[Don 'Red' Barry]] as Jessup (as Donald Barry)
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* [[Morgan Conway]] as Harrison Brand
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* [[Willie Fung]] as Ping


== Cast ==
==See also==
* [[Public domain film]]
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*[[Madge Evans]] as Anne Wesson
* [[List of American films of 1938]]
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*[[John Boles (actor)|John Boles]] as Jim Taylor
* [[List of films in the public domain in the United States]]
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*[[Bruce Cabot]] as Robert (The Torpedo) Malone
* [[South Seas genre]]
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*[[Marion Martin]] as Iris Compton
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*[[Gene Lockhart]] as Senator John P. Corey
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*[[Charlotte Wynters]] as Thelma Chase
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*[[Nana Bryant]] as Mrs. Franklin Sydney
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*[[Milburn Stone]] as T.L. Honeyman
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*[[Don 'Red' Barry]] as Jessup
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*[[Morgan Conway]] as Harrison Brand
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*[[Willie Fung]] as Ping

== Soundtrack ==
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==References==
==References==
{{Reflist}}
{{Reflist}}


== External links ==
==External links==
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* [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QlO2Hf1DbxY Sinners in Paradise] on YouTube
*{{IMDb title|id=0030754|title=Sinners in Paradise}}
*{{IMDb title|id=0030754|title=Sinners in Paradise}}
*{{Internet Archive film|id=SinnersinParadise|name=Sinners in Paradise}}
*{{Internet Archive film|id=SinnersinParadise|name=Sinners in Paradise}}
*[http://southseascinema.org/ Southseascinema.org]


{{James Whale}}
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{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2011}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=August 2015}}


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Latest revision as of 03:57, 5 December 2023

Sinners in Paradise
Directed byJames Whale
Screenplay byLester Cole
Harold Buckley
Louis Stevens
Story byHarold Buckley
Produced byKen Goldsmith
StarringMadge Evans
John Boles
Bruce Cabot
Marion Martin
Gene Lockhart
CinematographyGeorge Robinson
Edited byMaurice Wright
Color processBlack and white
Production
company
James Whale Productions
Distributed byUniversal Pictures
Release date
  • May 19, 1938 (1938-05-19) (United States)
Running time
65 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Budget$273,670[1]

Sinners in Paradise is a 1938 American south seas adventure film directed by James Whale and starring Madge Evans, John Boles, Bruce Cabot, Marion Martin and Gene Lockhart. In 1966, the film entered the public domain in the United States because the claimants did not renew its copyright registration in the 28th year after publication.[2]

Plot[edit]

A passenger aircraft crashes in mid-Pacific and some of the survivors reach an island inhabited only by an American, Jim Taylor, with his Chinese servant, Ping. He declines to help them, telling them to build their own shelter and gather their own food and, though he has a boat and fuel, refusing to take them off. The reason why he wants to remain undisturbed, we learn, is that he is wanted for murder. In time his attitude to the intruders softens as they, despite endless bickering, manage to form a working community and he finds himself increasingly drawn to an attractive young nurse, Anne Wesson, who is running away from her husband. When the boat is prepared for a trip to civilization, two crooked businessmen from the party steal it with Ping on board. In a fight, he kills them both and, fatally wounded, brings the boat back. The rest can then escape.

Cast[edit]

See also[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ Dick, Bernard K. (2015). City of Dreams: The Making and Remaking of Universal Pictures. University Press of Kentucky. p. 116. ISBN 9780813158891.
  2. ^ Pierce, David (June 2007). "Forgotten Faces: Why Some of Our Cinema Heritage Is Part of the Public Domain". Film History: An International Journal. 19 (2): 125–43. doi:10.2979/FIL.2007.19.2.125. ISSN 0892-2160. JSTOR 25165419. OCLC 15122313. S2CID 191633078.

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