The Sea God

While Arlen is diving for a sunken treasure, his underwater airline is cut by attacking island natives. He then simply walks to shore and the cannibalistic island dwellers assume him to be a sea god, bowing down before him. Sharing the little island is a gang led by Glecker, Arlens nemesis. When Wray is kidnaped, Arlen hops back into his deep sea suit, stirs up the natives, who kill Gleckler, and then is free to go. More interesting than the film itself is the fact that well-known writer and director of Broadway musicals George Abbott served as both director and writer for this adventure tale. Abbott directed eight films for Paramount between 1929 and 1931, this being one of the last. Here he made extensive use of outdoor scenery, with footage shot on Catalina Island, although shooting outdoors was not the norm at this time. Scenes using studio-built jungle sets were then combined with the location footage, giving the film a more naturalistic look. (official distributor synopsis)