The Black Pearl (1928)
Just a loose-limbed mystery with no place to go. It ambles along at a lazy gait, and has a regiment of people doing the oddest things for no real reason. This is built on — or rather, is, formula number 11: i.e., the pearl eye is snitched from Buddha by a souvenir-loving American. For twenty years after, strange Asiatic curses are hurled at a harmless New England family, all because of the cois-ed poll. Very childish.
Photoplay April 1929
Vintage magazines
Photoplay , April 1929
Photoplay , April 1929
Books with substantial mentioning of The Black Pearl
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John T. Soister and Henry Nicolella American silent horror, science fiction and fantasy feature films, 1913-1929 Jefferson, N.C., 2012 |
Books with an entry on The Black Pearl
| Ken Wlaschin Silent mystery and detective movies, A comprehensive filmography Jefferson, N.C., 2009 |