Devil on Deck explained

Devil on Deck is a 1932 Pre-code talking film directed by Wallace Fox and starring Reed Howes and Molly O'Day. It was produced and distributed by Sono Art-World Wide Pictures, a B-movie studio that turned out occasionally some successful pictures like The Great Gabbo.^[1]

Story

As this is a lost film, not even the AFI has any story or plot on it. By the promotional material that survives, it's a typical South Seas story found all over the silent film era just a few years before sound arrived. The cast is made up mostly of silent film veterans.^[2]

Cast

• Reed Howes as John Moore
• Molly O'Day as Kay Wheeler
• Wheeler Oakman as Shanghai Morgan
• June Marlowe as Mary Moore
• Kenneth Treseder as Limey
• A. S. 'Pop' Byron as Pop Wheeler
• Rolfe Sedan as Frenchie
• Constantine Romanoff as Swede

Preservation status

• This film is presumed lost.^[3]

External links

• Devil on Deck at IMDb.com
• lobby card

Notes and References

1. http://www.afi.com/members/catalog/DetailView.aspx?s=&Movie=6370 The AFI Catalog of Feature Films: Devil on Deck
2. Pictorial History of the Talkies, p.61 by Daniel Blum, c.1958(original printing)
3. https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0022813/trivia?ref_=tt_ql_2 Internet Movie Database, Trivia section, IMDb.com