TIGER SHARK
Action-packed melodrama — once referred to as an early vision of “JAWS” — about a Portuguese tune fisherman who marries a girl out of Pity, then sees her fall in love with his best friend (A popular Warner Bros plot Gambit); The action comes from sharks that attack fishermen; Scenes filmed along Cannery Row and Fisherman’s Wharf in Monterey; The footage was interspersed with a few shots in San Diego and/or San Pedro Harbor, the action was described as “San Diego.”
Edward G. Robinson
Howard Hawks, and Warner Bros Films
TESS OF THE STORM COUNTRY
(1932) Romantic film about a retired Sea Captain’s daughter who loves the Lord of the Manor. Scenes on 17-Mile Drive.
Janet Gaynor & Charles Farrell
Alfred Santell, and Fox Films
THE MIRACLE MAN
A “Talkie” remake of a 1919 silent film; Story about a group of con artists who encounter a man with the power to work miracles; Background scenes filmed at Point Lobos, 17-Mile Drive in Pebble Beach and elsewhere on the Monterey Peninsula; None of the stars were on the peninsula for the initial filming, and local residents L.B. Woods, C.H. Dixon and Harvey Murphy were used as doubles for the actors, including Bosworth (Wood was his double) and Morris; A few additional Peninsula scenes were filmed later and Bosworth accompanied the film crew, headed by O.W. Roberts; The balance of the movie was filmed at the Paramount Ranch near Hollywood; Paramount was lured to the Peninsula by Jean Juillard, who was president of the San Carlos Hotel Co. and a former assistant manager of the Old Hotel Del Monte. Juillard led the formation of the Monterey Peninsula Motion Picture Association to encourage Hollywood Studios to film on the Peninsula.
Chester Morris, Sylvia Sidney, Hobart Bosworth & Ned Sparks
Norman McLeod, and Paramount Films
