HEAVEN ON EARTH.
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In 1927, Captain Lilly (Harry Beresford) is a steamboat captain who pilots a boat on the Mississippi River, with the help of his son, States (Lew Ayres) Along their route is a shantytown made up of houseboats, the residents of which often fight with the steamboat crowd. After a shooting match between States and shanty-boater Chicken Sam (John Carradine) reveals to States his true heritage: Captain Lilly killed States' real father and adopted States as his own son.
Credits
- Directed by
- Russell Mack
- Written by
- Ben Lucien Burman
- Cast
- Lew Ayres
Complete catalog record
HEAVEN ON EARTH. 1931. 8 reels. From the novel "Mississippi" by Ben Lucien Burman. Credits: Director, Russell Mack; screenplay, Ray Doyle. Universal Pictures Corp.; 20Nov31; LP2644.
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