The Hidden Pearls

1918 film by George Melford

The Hidden Pearls is a surviving 1918 American silent drama film directed by George Melford and starring Sessue Hayakawa. It was produced by Adolph Zukor and Jesse Lasky and distributed by Famous Players–Lasky and Paramount Pictures.^[1] The production was shot in Hawaii.

Cast

Contemporary newspaper advertisement

• Sessue Hayakawa as Tom Garvin
• Margaret Loomis as Tahona
• Florence Vidor as Enid Benton
• Theodore Roberts as John Garvin
• James Cruze as Koro Leon
• Noah Beery as Teariki
• Clarence Geldart as Captain A. Todd
• Jack Holt as Robert Garvin
• Gustav von Seyffertitz as Senator Joseph Benton
• Henry Woodward as Ensign Brooks
• John Burton

Preservation

The only known print of The Hidden Pearls is held by the French archive Centre national du cinéma et de l'image animée in Fort de Bois-d'Arcy.^[2]

See also

• List of Paramount Pictures films

References

1. The AFI Catalog of Feature Films: The Hidden Pearls
2. The Library of Congress / FIAF American Silent Feature Film Survival Catalog: The Hidden Pearls

External links

• The Hidden Pearls at IMDb
• Synopsis at AllMovie