Lovers and Luggers

Lovers and Luggers is a 1937 Australian film directed by Ken G. Hall. It is an adventure melodrama about a pianist Lloyd Hughes who goes to Thursday Island to retrieve a valuable pearl.

In London, concert pianist Daubenny Carshott is feeling dissatisfied with his life and wanting a masculine adventure he also desires the beautiful Stella Raff. Stella agrees to marry him if he brings back a large pearl with his own hands from Thursday Island. Daubenny notes a painting in Stellas apartment from Craig Henderson but when asked Stella is evasive about the artist.Daubenny travels to Thursday Island where he buys a lugger and a house from the villainous Mendoza. He makes friends on the island, including another diver, Craig Henderson, the drunken duo of McTavish and Dorner, and the boisterous Captain Quidley. He also meets Quidleys daughter, the beautiful Lorna, who likes to dress in mens clothing so she can walk around on her own at night. Lorna and Daubenny become friends and she secretly falls in love with him but Daubenny assumes she is in love with Craig. ........

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