SHANGHAIED : FILM STARRING RALPH INCE & PATSY RUTH MILLER : PRESS PHOTO : 1927 For Sale

This vintage press photo features a scene from the 1927 silent drama film, \"Shanghaied\". The film starred the two actors seen in this image, Ralph Ince and Patsy Ruth Miller. Gertrude Astor also appears in the film. The movie\'s plot is about Jim Bucklin, the captain of a freighter anchors near Shang Hai in the midst of a violent revolution in China. He finds that the populace is starving and in revolution. He goes to a small cafe. The owner of the ship, his daughter, Sheila, and a couple of others arrive at the cafe. They are all attacked by revolutionary bandits and Jim escapes with the ship\'s owner, the two others, and Sheila, to his ship where they are attacked again. Lacking a crew, he puts the four to work. The happy ending is that Sheila falls in love with Jim, and learns that he is actually a lieutenant-commander in the US Navy. This press photograph measures about 8 x 10 inches. The image has a light crease in it\'s top left quadrant, and a small chip in it\'s bottom left corner. The photograph is in overall good condition (see scans).

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