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The tomboy daughter of a sea captain must rescue a spoiled playboy from pirates in this rollicking silent South Seas adventure produced by Cecil B. DeMille.
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Disc 1
DVD
Eve's Leaves (1926)
75 min
ComedyRomance
After forming his own studio in 1925, Cecil B. DeMille produced this exuberant blend of orientalist melodrama and gender-bending comedy featuring his THE TEN COMMANDMENTS leading lady Leatrice Joy. An over-protective sea captain forces his daughter Eve to pass as a boy. But she craves romance and sets her sights on a handsome American tourist (Boyd) who still thinks she's a boy when she shanghais him aboard her father's ship; then a lustful Chinese pirate (Walter Long) takes them prisoner. Joy, an appealing comedienne whose career nosedived when talkies came in, sparkles in both her tomboy and love-hungry phases. -Martin Rubin, Gene Siskel Film Center
Credits
Director
Paul Sloane
Cast
Leatrice Joyas Eve Corbin
William Boydas Bill Stanley
Robert Edesonas Captain Corbin
Walter Longas Chang Fang
Eddie Harrisas Cookie (The Cook)
Richard Carleas Richard Stanley
Sôjin Kamiyamaas Le Sing
Release Details
- Packaging
- Keep Case
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Catalogue Info
- Added by
- Matthew Simpson
- Date added
- August 10, 2026