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...Devil's Cargo. There was a time when the West was stained with certain undesirable community characters. It is alleged that about 75 years ago, Sacramento gathered together all its undesirables and attempted to deport them to San Francisco. The latter refused to let them land, and out to sea they drifted. The possibilities for romance and dirty work in such a cargo are evident. They have been realized in a generally exciting picture in which Pauline Starke gives a specially good performance...
...WHITE CARGO-A morbid fable of the mixture of the races which occurs when white men are left too long alone in the waste places of the earth. The mixture is with the black; the place Africa...
During the winter of 1923 a visit was made to the west coast of Chile. There, two miles off Pichidangui, was located the wreck of the British schooner Cape Horn, which went down in 1869 with a cargo of copper, lying in 53 fathoms (318 ft.) of water. Captain Leavitt declares that in some of his searches he went down to 60 fathoms (360 ft.). When the wreck was discovered, a difficulty came up. At 53 fathoms it was almost pitch dark; there was not enough light to work...
...vivid play of the primitive" is Leon Gordon's description of his play, "White Cargo," in which he is now playing the leading role at the Selwyn Theatre. The author-actor adds that he has made no effort to create or eliminate sensationalism. Mr. Gordon hits the mark. The play is vivid, it is primitive, and both those who hope for and those who fear sordid sensationalism are disappointed...
...illusions. He renews the repetation as an actor which he won with Boston audiences at the Copley Theatre a few years ago, and he establishes himself for the first time as a successful playwright. For after all is over, it dawns upon us that the author of "White Cargo" really has something...