White Shadows in the South Seas
White Shadows in the South Seas is a 1928 American silent film adventure romance directed by W.S. Van Dyke and starring Monte Blue and Raquel Torres.
It was produced by Cosmopolitan Productions in association with MGM and distributed by MGM.
Loosely based on the travel book of the same name by Frederick O'Brien, it is known for being the first MGM film to be released with a pre-recorded soundtrack, and also the first time Leo the Lion( MGM) roars in the introduction.
Clyde De Vinna won an Academy Award for Best Cinematography.
The Devil's Playground (1928 film)
The Devil's Playground is a 1928 Australian feature- length film set in the South Seas.
It was produced by a largely amateur group from the north shore of Sydney.
Never the Twain Shall Meet (1931 film)
Never the Twain Shall Meet is a 1931 drama film produced and distributed by Metro- Goldwyn- Mayer and starring Leslie Howard and Conchita Montenegro.
It is based on the book by Peter B. Kyne.
The film was directed by W. S. Van Dyke and was filmed in Tahiti like Van Dyke's two previous south sea adventures" The Pagan" and" White Shadows in the South Seas".
The film is a remake of a 1925 silent film of the same name.
Nidahase Piya DS
Nidahase Piya DS is a 2018 Sri Lankan Sinhala biographical film directed by Suneth Malinga Lokuhewa and co-produced by Wijeyadasa Rajapakshe, Dilman Jayaratne, Channa Hettiarachchi, Rajaputhra Weerasinghe, Kithsiri Athulathmudali and Clarance Kumarage.
It stars an ensemble cast of many popular actors, with Lakshman Mendis in the lead role, with Thumindu Dodantenna and Saranga Disasekara in supportive roles.
Music composed by Samantha Perera.
It is the 1313th Sri Lankan film in the Sinhala cinema.
The film revolves around the life of Sri Lanka's first prime minister, D.S. Senanayake, who is known as the" Father of the Nation".
The film trailer and the theme song were released on 4 February 2018, the 70th anniversary of the country ’s independence.
A private screening of the film was held for the family relatives of D.S. Senanayake, which was organised by the director.
Prior to screening in Sri Lanka, the film has scheduled to screen in several other countries such as Australia, New Zealand and Canada with the participation of Sri Lankans living there.
The film was shot in Ranminitenna cinema village, Meerigama and places around Kandy, Peradeniya and Bogambara prison.
Isle of Escape
Isle of Escape is a 1930 American Pre-Code film produced and released by Warner Bros ..
The film stars Monte Blue and Myrna Loy and is set in the South Seas.
Blue had been playing the man-stranded- on- island roles, in such films as" White Shadows in the South Seas" at MGM towards the end of the silent era and in this early talkie film continues on in the tradition.
The White Shadow (film)
The White Shadow( 1923), also known as White Shadows in the US, is a British drama film directed by Graham Cutts and starring Betty Compson, Clive Brook, and Henry Victor.
Shadows in Paradise
Shadows in Paradise  is a 1986 Finnish art house comedy-drama film written and directed by Aki Kaurismäki.
The film stars Kati Outinen as Ilona and Matti Pellonpää as Nikander.
Ilona is a supermarket check-out clerk who meets Nikander, a lonely garbage man, and they develop romantic feelings towards each other.
"Shadows in Paradise" was awarded the Best Film award at the 1987 Jussi Awards.
This is the first film in Kaurismäki's Proletariat Trilogy ("Shadows in ParadiseAriel", and "The Match Factory Girl").
The trilogy has been released on Region One DVD by Criterion, in their Eclipse box-sets, and on region-free Blu-ray discs by Future Film in Scandinavia.
The Pagan
The Pagan is a 1929 silent/ part talking romantic drama filmed in Tahiti and produced and distributed by Metro Goldwyn Mayer.
Both director W.S. Van Dyke and cinematographer Clyde De Vinna had previously visited Tahiti in 1928 to film" White Shadows in the South Seas The Pagan" stars Ramón Novarro.
The film has a slight resemblance in story to an earlier Novarro silent," Where the Pavement Ends"( 1923), directed by Rex Ingram and now lost.
Hell Ship Mutiny
Hell Ship Mutiny is a 1957 American South Seas adventure film directed by Lee Sholem and Elmo Williams starring Jon Hall who also produced and narrated the film.
It is a compilation of a 1955 unsold television pilot" Knight of the South Seas".
Hall's father Felix Locher plays the role of a native chief.
This film is now in the public domain.
Aloma of the South Seas (1941 film)
Aloma of the South Seas is a 1941 American romantic adventure drama film directed by Alfred Santell and starring Dorothy Lamour and Jon Hall.
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.
Lamour and Hall were the reigning darlings of south sea island adventures of this era having starred in John Ford's" The HurricaneAloma of the South Seas" fits into the romance adventure canon of which Lamour and Hall excelled at.

Question: Do the movies Nidahase Piya Ds and White Shadows In The South Seas, originate from the same country?
Answer: no