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Devil on Deck

Devil on Deck is a 1932 Pre-code talking film directed by Wallace Fox and starring Reed Howes and Molly O'Day. It was produced and distributed by Sono Art-World Wide Pictures, a B-movie studio that turned out occasionally some successful pictures like The Great Gabbo.

Last revised
Jun 17, 2026
Read time
≈ 1 min
Length
210 w
Citations
3
Source
Devil on Deck
Directed byWallace Fox
Written byBernard McConville
Produced byGeorge W. Weeks
StarringMolly O'Day
Reed Howes
CinematographyWilliam Nobles
Edited byFred Bain
Distributed bySono Art-World Wide Pictures
Release date
  • January 1, 1932 (1932-01-01)
Running time
70 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

Devil on Deck is a 1932 Pre-code talking film directed by Wallace Fox and starring Reed Howes and Molly O'Day. It was produced and distributed by Sono Art-World Wide Pictures, a B-movie studio that turned out occasionally some successful pictures like The Great Gabbo.1

Story

As this is a lost film, not even the AFI has any story or plot on it. By the promotional material that survives, it's a typical South Seas story found all over the silent film era just a few years before sound arrived. The cast is made up mostly of silent film veterans.2

Cast

Preservation status

  • This film is presumed lost.3
References

References

  1. The AFI Catalog of Feature Films: Devil on Deck
  2. Pictorial History of the Talkies, p.61 by Daniel Blum, c.1958(original printing)
  3. Internet Movie Database, Trivia section, IMDb.com
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