An Englishman sought for murder escapes to South Seas island.An Englishman sought for murder escapes to South Seas island.An Englishman sought for murder escapes to South Seas island.
William V. Mong
- Jack Swan
- (as Wm. V. Mong)
Everett Brown
- Oo Tan, a Crewman
- (uncredited)
Corky
- Street dog
- (uncredited)
Hans Fuerberg
- Policeman with Constable
- (uncredited)
Oscar 'Dutch' Hendrian
- Barfly
- (uncredited)
Edwin Maxwell
- Man Fred Killed
- (uncredited)
Josef Swickard
- Dutch Constable
- (uncredited)
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Did you know
- TriviaBoth after the opening and before the ending credits, the following quotation of Marcus Aurelius Antoninus - (121-180), Meditations. iii. 10 - is depicted on-screen: "Short, therefore, is man's life; and narrow is the corner of the earth wherein he dwells."
- GoofsThe harbor shows a large ship. The entrance to the harbor is barely wide enough for the small sailing ship to go through.
- Quotes
Fred Blake: I want life to be fair. I want life to be brave and honest. I'm not willing to stand by while the good are punished and the wicked go scott free. I want all men to be descent. Surely, that's not asking too much.
Doctor Saunders: I don't know. It's asking more than life can give. Remember the words of Disraeli, Youth is a blunder, Maturity is struggle, and Old Age are a grit.
- ConnectionsVersion of Isle of Fury (1936)
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Loosening inhibitions
W. Somerset Maugham certainly loved the South Seas. Like some more of his favorite works, Rain and The Moon And Sixpence, The Narrow Corner is also set in that location.
Douglas Fairbanks, Jr. has just killed a man in Sydney and is looking to make a fast escape. His father Henry Kolker charters Arthur Hohl's schooner to make for the Dutch East Indies. Hohl is a real bottom feeder who has stomach problems. They pick up Dr. Dudley Digges who is another of those Europeans who has 'gone native'. He's Maugham's presence as a character in the story.
When they finally settle on an island to their liking it's got both the lovely Patricia Ellis and Danish settler Ralph Bellamy there. When Fairbanks arrives it becomes a triangle and it ends in tragedy for one of them.
It seems that a common theme in these Maugham stories that the tropics somehow loosens the inhibitions that civilization puts on us. Definitely the case for the cast of The Narrow Corner.
The Narrow Corner is not as good as the other two Maugham stories I've cited. It has some fine special effects with Fairbanks trying to steer his schooner past a reef barrier during a windy and wavy tide. The high point of the film.
If you're a Maugham fan or fan of any of the cast, I'd try to see this one.
Douglas Fairbanks, Jr. has just killed a man in Sydney and is looking to make a fast escape. His father Henry Kolker charters Arthur Hohl's schooner to make for the Dutch East Indies. Hohl is a real bottom feeder who has stomach problems. They pick up Dr. Dudley Digges who is another of those Europeans who has 'gone native'. He's Maugham's presence as a character in the story.
When they finally settle on an island to their liking it's got both the lovely Patricia Ellis and Danish settler Ralph Bellamy there. When Fairbanks arrives it becomes a triangle and it ends in tragedy for one of them.
It seems that a common theme in these Maugham stories that the tropics somehow loosens the inhibitions that civilization puts on us. Definitely the case for the cast of The Narrow Corner.
The Narrow Corner is not as good as the other two Maugham stories I've cited. It has some fine special effects with Fairbanks trying to steer his schooner past a reef barrier during a windy and wavy tide. The high point of the film.
If you're a Maugham fan or fan of any of the cast, I'd try to see this one.
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- bkoganbing
- May 15, 2017
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- Storm över söderhavet
- Filming locations
- Fisherman's Cove, Laguna Beach, California, USA(Beach Fairbanks swims to)
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- $240,000 (estimated)
- Runtime1 hour 9 minutes
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- 1.37 : 1
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