McVeagh of the South Seas

McVeagh of the South Seas
Directed by	Harry Carey Cyril Bruce Gregory Allen (Assistant Director)
Produced by	The Progressive Motion Picture Company
Written by	Harry Carey
Starring	Harry Carey
Distributed by	Alliance Films Corporation
Release date(s)	2 November 1914
Country	United States
Language	Silent English intertitles

McVeagh of the South Seas is a 1914 drama film directed by and starring Harry Carey.^[1]

Plot

A shipwreck near the Solomon Islands leaves San Franciscan Harmon Darrell (Terry) and his daughter Nancy (Butler) adrift in a lifeboat. Cyril McVeagh (Carey) a ship's captain reduced to drunkenness and brutality by his shattered love affair with Nancy, rules one of the islands, accompanied only by his deranged mate "Pearly" Gates (Russell) and the island's natives. McVeagh is about to marry Liana (Foster), a native who loves him but is desired by Pearly, when Nancy arrives on the island, horrified at McVeagh's dissipation. Tanarka, Liana's former betrothed, leads a native rebellion against McVeagh, who sends Nancy away in a boat before the attack. McVeagh struggles with his crazed mate in his burning shack before Pearly recovers his reason and the two hurriedly leave the island. Liana, believing McVeagh dead, remains behind to mourn him, while McVeagh sets a course for San Francisco and civilization.

Cast

• Harry Carey - Cyril Bruce McVeagh
• Fern Foster - Liana
• Herbert Russell - "Pearly" Gates
• Kathleen Butler - Nancy Darrell
• Jack Terry - Harmon Darrell

See also

• Harry Carey filmography

References

1. ^ "Progressive Silent Film List: McVeagh of the South Seas". Silent Era. http://www.silentera.com/PSFL/data/M/McVeaghoftheSouthSeas1914.html. Retrieved 2009-09-27. 

External links

• McVeagh of the South Seas at the Internet Movie Database