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.
Frederick O'Brien
Frederick O'Brien( 1869- 1932) was an American author, journalist, hobo, peripatetic world traveler, and public administrator.
He wrote three best- selling travel books about French Polynesia between 1919 and 1922:" White Shadows in the South Seas, Mystic Isles of the South Seas," and" Atolls of the Sun."
A movie was made in 1928 of" White Shadows in the South Seas".
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.
On the Isle of Samoa
On the Isle of Samoa is a 1950 American south seas adventure film directed by William Berke and starring Jon Hall.
Gay Old Dog
Gay Old Dog is a 1935 British comedy film directed by George King and starring Edward Rigby, Moore Marriott and Ruby Miller.
It was a quota quickie made at Walton Studios.
Tales of the South Seas
Tales of the South Seas is an Australian TV series.
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.
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.
Tabu: A Story of the South Seas
Tabu: A Story of the South Seas, sometimes simply called Tabu, is a 1931 silent film directed by F. W. Murnau, a docufiction.
The film is split into two chapters.
The first, called" Paradise", depicts the lives of two lovers on a South Seas island until they are forced to escape the island when the girl is chosen as a holy maid to the gods.
The second chapter," Paradise Lost", depicts the couple's life on a colonised island and how they adapt to and are exploited by Western civilisation.
The title of the film comes from the Polynesian concept of" tapu"( spelled" tabu" in Tongan before 1943), from which is derived the English word" taboo."
The film's story was written by Robert J. Flaherty and F. W. Murnau; with the exception of the opening scene, the film was directed solely by Murnau.
This was his last film; he died in the hospital after an automobile accident on March 11, 1931, a week before the film's premiere in New York City.
Cinematographer Floyd Crosby won an Academy Award for Best Cinematography for his work on this film.
In 1994," Tabu: A Story of the South Seas" was selected for preservation in the United States National Film Registry by the Library of Congress as being" culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant".
The Gay Old Bird
The Gay Old Bird is a 1927 American comedy film directed by Herman C. Raymaker and written by C. Graham Baker and Edward Clark.
The film stars Louise Fazenda, John T. Murray, Jane Winton, William Demarest, John Steppling and Frances Raymond.
The film was released by Warner Bros. on February 26, 1927.

Question: Are Tabu: A Story Of The South Seas and The Gay Old Bird from the same country?
Answer: yes