Captain Lash

60 minutesCountryUnited StatesLanguagesSound (Synchronized)
English intertitles

Captain Lash is 1929 American sound adventure drama film directed by John G. Blystone and starring Victor McLaglen, Claire Windsor and Jane Winton. While the film has no audible dialog, it was released with a synchronized musical score with sound effects using both the sound-on-disc and sound-on-film process. It was produced and distributed by the Fox Film Corporation.^[1][2] A copy of the film exists at the UCLA.^[3] The film was released with a music score and sound effects track.

Lash is the head coal stoker on a steam ship whose shipmates have nicknamed "Captain". Lash somehow grabs the attention of society dame passenger Cora Nevins. Nevins is actually a jewel thief who's lifted diamonds from wealthy passenger Arthur Condrax. She needs Lash to aid in sneaking the "ice" ashore at Singapore. Cocky is Lash's concertina-playing buddy and uses it to signal Lash.

• Victor McLaglen as Captain Lash
• Claire Windsor as Cora Nevins
• Jane Winton as Babe
• Clyde Cook as Cocky
• Arthur Stone as Gentleman Eddie
• Albert Conti as Alex Condrax
• Jean Laverty as Queen
• Frank Hagney as Bull Hawks
• Boris Charsky as Condax's servant
• Marcelle Corday as Mrs. Koenig

The musical score featured in the film was composed by Hugo Riesenfeld. S. L. Rothafel directed the recording session.

• List of early sound feature films (1926–1929)

• Captain Lash at IMDb
• Movie review from New York Times February 4, 1929