Across the Pacific (1926 film)

Across the Pacific
Across the Pacific
	Film poster
Directed by	Roy del Ruth
Written by	Darryl Zanuck (adaptation)
Based on	Across the Pacific; 1904 novel; by Charles Blaney
Produced by	Darryl Zanuck
Starring	Monte Blue
Cinematography	Byron Haskin; Frank Kesson
Distributed by	Warner Bros. Pictures, Inc. (as A Warner Brothers Production)
Release date	October 2, 1926 (United States);
Running time	78 minutes
Country	United States
Languages	Silent (English intertitles) with Vitaphone (music score and sound effects)
Budget	$214,000
Box office	$352,000

Across the Pacific^[2] is a 1926 American silent romantic adventure film produced by Warner Bros., directed by Roy del Ruth and starring Monte Blue. It was based on a 1900 play by Charles Blaney and J. J. McCloskey. The play had been filmed before in 1914 with Dorothy Dalton.^[3]^[4] It is unknown, but the film might have been released with a Vitaphone soundtrack.

Plot

After his father brings disgrace on his family, Monte joins the Spanish–American War (April–August 1898) and goes with his regiment to the Philippines. Although he has a sweetheart back home, Claire Marsh, he is enlisted to romance a mixed race girl, Roma, who knows the whereabouts of the Philippine leader Emilio Aguinaldo. Monte must keep up the ruse even when Claire comes to the islands to visit him. He finally gets the information that he needs but not before he is branded a deserter and then must prove his mettle on the battlefield. When the insurrection is squelched and Aguinaldo is captured, Monte is able to explain everything to Claire, and the couple are reunited.

Cast

Monte Blue as Monte
Jane Winton as Claire Marsh
Myrna Loy as Roma
Charles Stevens as Emilio Aguinaldo
Tom Wilson as Tom
Walter McGrail as Captain Grover
Herbert Prior as Colonel Marsh
Edgar Kennedy as Corporal Ryan
Theodore Lorch as Aguinaldo's Agent
Abraham Jacob Hollandersky as old tough in bar scene

Box office

According to Warner Bros. records the film earned $252,000 domestically and $100,000 foreign.^[1]

Preservation

With no prints of Across the Pacific located in any film archives,^[5] it is a lost film.^[6]

References

^ ^a ^b ^c Warner Bros financial information in The William Schaefer Ledger. See Appendix 1, Historical Journal of Film, Radio and Television, (1995) 15:sup1, 1-31 p 5 DOI: 10.1080/01439689508604551
^ 1957 MOVIES FROM AAP Warner Bros Features & Cartoons SALES BOOK DIRECTED AT TV
^ White Munden, Kenneth, ed. (1997). The American Film Institute Catalog of Motion Pictures Produced in the United States: Feature Films, 1921-1930. University of California Press. pp. 4–5. ISBN 0-520-20969-9.
^ Across the Pacific (1914) at IMDb
^ The Library of Congress / FIAF American Silent Feature Film Survival Catalog: Across the Pacific (1926)
^ Across the Pacific at Arne Andersen's Lost Film Files: Warner Brothers 1926 Archived December 20, 2014, at the Wayback Machine

External links

Across the Pacific at IMDb
Across the Pacific at the TCM Movie Database
Across the Pacific at the AFI Catalog of Feature Films
Across the Pacific at the Internet Broadway Database (source material)

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[warners-1] Warner Bros financial information in The William Schaefer Ledger. See Appendix 1, Historical Journal of Film, Radio and Television, (1995) 15:sup1, 1-31 p 5 DOI: 10.1080/01439689508604551

[2] 1957 MOVIES FROM AAP Warner Bros Features & Cartoons SALES BOOK DIRECTED AT TV

[3] White Munden, Kenneth, ed. (1997). The American Film Institute Catalog of Motion Pictures Produced in the United States: Feature Films, 1921-1930. University of California Press. pp. 4–5. ISBN 0-520-20969-9.

[4] Across the Pacific (1914) at IMDb

[5] The Library of Congress / FIAF American Silent Feature Film Survival Catalog: Across the Pacific (1926)

[6] Across the Pacific at Arne Andersen's Lost Film Files: Warner Brothers 1926 Archived December 20, 2014, at the Wayback Machine

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