The Sea Bat (1930)
The Sea Bat (1930)
The Sea Bat
Diving for sponges is risky at best and even more so when the best sponge-water is the home of a very large and hostile-to-divers manta ray. On the near-by island, men fight like beasts for the heart of Nina, the flower of the Pacific.
The ruler of the island is a drunk who has lost control of the people, so this isn't exactly paradise. Juan and Carl are both in love with Nina, but Juan is meaner and disposes of Carl by cutting his life line while Carl is out sponge-diving and dodging the manta ray. Then, Sims, an escaped convict, who must have swam all the way around South America if he came from Devil's Island, shows up posing as a minister. Nina takes a great liking to this man-of-the-cloth. Juan has a great dislike for him.
5 Jul 1930