Captain Lash is 1929 American sound adventure drama film directed by John G. Blystone and starring Victor McLaglen, Claire Windsor and Jane Winton. While the film has no audible dialog, it was released with a synchronized musical score with sound effects using both the sound-on-disc and sound-on-film process. It was produced and distributed by the Fox Film Corporation.[1][2] A copy of the film exists at the UCLA.[3] The film was released with a music score and sound effects track.

Captain Lash
Directed byJohn G. Blystone
Written byAndrew Bennison
Malcolm Stuart Boylan
John Stone
Daniel G. Tomlinson
Produced byWilliam Fox
StarringVictor McLaglen
Claire Windsor
Jane Winton
CinematographyConrad Wells
Edited byJames Kevin McGuinness
Production
company
Distributed byFox Film Corporation
Release date
  • January 6, 1929 (1929-01-06)
Running time
60 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguagesSound (Synchronized)
English intertitles

Plot

edit

Lash is the head coal stoker on a steam ship whose shipmates have nicknamed "Captain". Lash somehow grabs the attention of society dame passenger Cora Nevins. Nevins is actually a jewel thief who's lifted diamonds from wealthy passenger Arthur Condrax. She needs Lash to aid in sneaking the "ice" ashore at Singapore. Cocky is Lash's concertina-playing buddy and uses it to signal Lash.

Cast

edit
 
McLaglen and Windsor

Music

edit

The musical score featured in the film was composed by Hugo Riesenfeld. S. L. Rothafel directed the recording session.

See also

edit

References

edit
  1. ^ The AFI Catalog of Feature Films: Captain Lash
  2. ^ Captain Lash; allmovie/synopsis
  3. ^ "UCLA Library/ Captain Lash". UCLA Library Catalogue.
edit