The Pagan

The Pagan (1929)

Hail a New Novarro! Entirely different from any of his past triumphs, but a romantic role to match his greatest.

Henry, the pagan son of a white father and native mother, has inherited land and a store, but he prefers the simple life. When he falls in love with a native girl, her guardian, who is trying to bring her up as a 'proper' Christian, but who also lusts after her himself, plots to keep them apart.

Date of release
1929-04-26
TMDB
6.7 / 10 (10)
Runtime
1h 18m
Genres
Drama
Director
W.S. Van Dyke

Casting

Interesting facts

  • Filmed in: Tahiti

The Pagan is a 1929 synchronized sound romantic drama filmed in Tahiti and produced and distributed by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. While the film has no audible dialog, it was released with a synchronized musical score with sound effects using both the sound-on-disc and sound-on-film process. 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 Ramon Novarro.

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