Aloma of the South Seas (1941 film)

Aloma of the South Seas is a 1941 American romantic adventure drama film starring Dorothy Lamour and Jon Hall, directed by Alfred Santell. The film was shot in Technicolor and distributed by Paramount Pictures.

Aloma of the South Seas is based on the 1925 Broadway play of the same name by LeRoy Clemens and John B. Hymer. It is a remake of the 1926 silent film of the same name.^[1] Lamour and Hall were the reigning darlings of south sea island adventures of this era having starred in John Ford's The Hurricane. Aloma of the South Seas fits into the romance adventure canon of which Lamour and Hall excelled at.

Plot

Aloma and Prince Tanoa, are promised by the islanders to wed from their childhood, though the two despise each other and fight. Tanoa is sent to the United States for an education and does not return for 15 years after the death of his father. Once crowned, Tanoa's treacherous cousin Revo who has plotted to rule in place of Tanoa since childhood, sees his chance by arming himself and his band with rifles and a light machine gun.

Cast

• Dorothy Lamour - Aloma
• Jon Hall - Tanoa
• Lynne Overman - Corky
• Phillip Reed - Revo
• Katherine DeMille - Kari
• Fritz Leiber - High Priest
• Dona Drake - Nea
• Esther Dale - Tarusa
• Pedro de Cordoba - Raaiti
• John Barclay - Ikali
• Norma Gene Nelson - Aloma as a child
• Evelyn Del Rio - Nea, as a child
• Scotty Beckett - Tanoa as a child
• William Roy - Revo as a child
• Noble Johnson - Moukali

Awards

The film was nominated for two Academy Awards:^[2]

• Best Cinematography
• Best Visual Effects (Farciot Edouart, Gordon Jennings, Louis Mesenkop)

References

External links

• Aloma of the South Seas at the Internet Movie Database
• Aloma of the South Seas at AllMovie