Yellow Fingers

Yellow Fingers
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Directed by	Emmett J. Flynn
Screenplay by	Eve Unsell (scenario)
Based on	Yellow Fingers by Gene Wright
Starring	Olive Borden Ralph Ince Claire Adams Edward Peil, Sr.
Cinematography	Paul Ivano Ernest Palmer
Production company	Fox Film Corporation
Distributed by	Fox Film Corporation
Release date	March 21, 1926 (1926-03-21)
Running time	60 minutes
Country	United States
Language	Silent (English intertitles)

Yellow Fingers ad in Motion Picture News, 1926

Yellow Fingers is a 1926 American silent drama film directed by Emmett J. Flynn and written by Eve Unsell. The film stars Olive Borden, Ralph Ince, Claire Adams, Edward Peil, Sr., Otto Matieson, and Nigel De Brulier. The film was released on March 21, 1926, by Fox Film Corporation.[1][2][3][4]

Plot

As described in a film magazine review,[5] Captain Shane, a South Seas trader, known on the island as "Brute" Shane due to the roughhouse methods he uses on his men and native islanders, rears Saina, a half-caste, as if she was a young white woman. Now grown to womanhood, Saina has come to love her guardian. Nona, an English damsel, stows away on Shane's ship to escape Kwong Li, a Chinese man who desires her. When Saina finds that Shane loves Nona and learns the secret circumstances of her birth, she temporarily reverts to native ways, and even performs a native dance in traditional islander clothing with grace and abandon. Saina turns out to be the Rajah's granddaughter and a hereditary queen of the island. Shane sails away with Nona.

Cast

• Olive Borden as Saina
• Ralph Ince as Brute Shane
• Claire Adams as Nona Deering
• Edward Peil, Sr. as Kwong Li
• Otto Matieson as Kario
• Nigel De Brulier as Rajah Jagore
• Armand Kaliz as De Vries
• Josephine Crowell as Mrs. Van Kronk
• May Foster as Toinette
• John Wallace as Pegleg LaForge
• Charles Newton as Higgins

Preservation

Yellow Fingers is preserved with a copy located in Europe.[6]

References

1. "Yellow Fingers (1926) - Overview". TCM.com. Retrieved October 22, 2015.
2. "Yellow Fingers". afi.com. Retrieved October 22, 2015.
3. Hal Erickson (2016). "Yellow-Fingers - Trailer - Cast - Showtimes". Movies & TV Dept. The New York Times. Baseline & All Movie Guide. Archived from the original on March 7, 2016. Retrieved October 22, 2015.
4. Progressive Silent Film List: Yellow Fingers at silentera.com
5. Pardy, George T. (April 10, 1926), "Pre-Release Review of Features: Yellow Fingers", Motion Picture News, 33 (15), New York City, New York: Motion Picture News, Inc.: 1619, retrieved April 18, 2023 This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
6. The Library of Congress American Silent Feature Film Survival Catalog: Yellow Fingers

External links

• Yellow Fingers at IMDb