SIREN OF THE TROPICS

A film by Henri Etienvant

Cast : Josephine Baker, Pierre Batcheff, Georges Melchior

1927 / drama. romantic comedy / original title : LA SIRENE DES TROPIQUES / 86’ / Tinted / status : completed / long feature-film / International collections

Marquis Sévéro, a rich, lazy Parisian, wants to divorce his wife so that he can marry his own goddaughter Denise. But Denise herself loves André Berval, an engineer employed by the marquis. Filled with jealousy, the marquis sends André to the Antilles, to prospect some land he has just acquired.