{{short description|1930 film}} {{Use mdy dates|date=October 2020}} {{Infobox film | name = Hell Harbor | image = Hell Harbor poster 2.jpg | alt = | caption = Theatrical release poster | director = Henry King | producer = Henry King | screenplay = Fred de Gresac<br>Clarke Silvernail<br>Brewster Morse | based_on = {{based on|''Out of the Night''<br>1925 novel|Rida Johnson Young}} | starring = Lupe Vélez<br>Jean Hersholt<br>John Holland<br>Gibson Gowland<br>Harry Allen<br>Al St. John | music = Harvey Allen<br>Gene Berten<br>Sexteto Habanero<br>Ernesto Lecuona | cinematography = John P. Fulton<br>Robert M. Haas<br>Mack Stengler | editing = Lloyd Nosler | studio = Inspiration Pictures | distributor = United Artists | released = {{Film date|1930|3|15}} | runtime = 93 minutes | country = United States | language = English | budget = | gross = }}
'''''Hell Harbor''''' is a 1930 American pre-Code drama film directed by Henry King and written by Fred de Gresac, Clarke Silvernail and Brewster Morse. The film stars Lupe Vélez, Jean Hersholt, John Holland, Gibson Gowland, Harry Allen and Al St. John. The film was released on March 15, 1930, by United Artists.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title/5713/hell-harbor|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141025201107/http://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title/5713/Hell-Harbor/|url-status=dead|archive-date=October 25, 2014|title=Hell Harbor (1930) - Overview|work=Turner Classic Movies|access-date=October 7, 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://movies.tvguide.com/hell-harbor/125789|title=Hell Harbor|work=TV Guide|access-date=October 7, 2014|archive-date=October 10, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141010130702/http://movies.tvguide.com/hell-harbor/125789|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/movie/review?res=9401E1DE1E39E03ABC4051DFB566838B629EDE|title=Movie Review - Hell Harbor (1930) THE SCREEN; The Girl and the Pearls. Fairbankses Not to Leave Films. Ready to Film "Whoopee." To Produce Play Posthumously. Pyramid Players to Give Show. |work=The New York Times|access-date=October 7, 2014}}</ref>
==Plot== thumb|thumbtime=10|''Hell Harbor'' (1930) Anita Morgan, a descendant of the famous pirate Henry Morgan, is living a carefree and careless life on an island in the Caribbean, but would much rather be living the same life In Havana. When she learns that her father, in exchange for money, has promised her hand in marriage to a Jewish moneylender, she is more convinced that Havana is the place to be. When an American comes to the island to buy some pearls, she falls in love with him. and when she discovers he is to be tricked out of his money and killed, she makes plans to save him...and go to Havana with him.
==Cast== * Lupe Vélez as Anita Morgan * Jean Hersholt as Joseph Horngold * John Holland as Bob Wade * Gibson Gowland as Henry Morgan * Harry Allen as Peg Leg * Al St. John as Bunion * Paul E. Burns as Blinky * George Bookasta as Spotty
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==External links== {{Commons category|Hell Harbor}} * {{IMDb title|0020959|Hell Harbor}} * {{tcmdb title|id=5713}} * {{AFI film|9649}} * [http://www.southseascinema.org Southseascinema, a website devoted to island theme films]
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Category:1930 films Category:American black-and-white films Category:1930 English-language films Category:Films directed by Henry King Category:United Artists films Category:American drama films Category:1930 drama films Category:Films set in the Caribbean Category:1930 American films Category:English-language drama films Category:Films scored by Ernesto Lecuona
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