Never the Twain Shall Meet (1931)
1h 19m
Running Time
May 16, 1931Release Date
Never the Twain Shall Meet (1931)
1h 19m
Running Time
May 16, 1931Release Date
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Plot.
Dan works for Pritchard and Pritchard out of San Francisco and is in love with Maisie, referred to as "the icebox" by his news reporter friend. As one of his ships returns to San Francisco, Dan learns that the Captain has contracted Leprosy and asks Dan to be the guardian of his South Sea island daughter Tamea. Dan soon learns that Tamea wants him and will do nothing without a kiss. But Tamea soon learns that she is different than Dan and Maisie and that makes her angry. Dan decides to go and live on the island with Tamea, but soon finds out that Paradise is not everything that he thought it was.
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Cast & Crew.
Leslie Howard
Dan Pritchard
Conchita Montenegro
Tamea Larrieau
C. Aubrey Smith
Mr. Pritchard
Mitchell Lewis
Larrieau
Karen Morley
Maisie Morrison
Hale Hamilton
Mellenger
W.S. Van Dyke
Director
Peter B. Kyne
Writer
Clyde Cook
Porter
Ruth Cummings
Writer
Bob Gilbert
Tolongo
John Lynch
Writer
Joan Standing
Julia
Merritt B. Gerstad
Cinematographer
Eulalie Jensen
Mrs. Graves
Ben Lewis
Editor
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Never the Twain Shall Meet is a 1931 American drama film produced and distributed by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer and starring Leslie Howard and Conchita Montenegro. It is based on the novel of the same title 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.