Port of Seven Seas

Port of Seven Seas is a 1938 drama film starring Wallace Beery and featuring Frank Morgan and Maureen OSullivan. The movie was written by Preston Sturges based on the plays of Marcel Pagnol and the films based on them, and was directed by James Whale director of Frankenstein and The Invisible Man. The cinematography is by Karl Freund, who filmed Fritz Langs Metropolis and I Love Lucy.

Later, Madelon finds out that she is pregnant, and to spare her the shame of a child born out of wedlock, Panisse asks Madelon to get an abortion. She agrees, and goes to find a rusty clotheshanger. She proceeds with her attempt to kill her fetus. She did not succeed, and was rushed to the hospital bleeding.A year later Marius unexpectedly returns from sea to buy some equipment for his ship. Visiting Madelon that night, he sees the baby and realizes that he is the father. He asks her to steal away with him, but she refuses. Despite her love for Marius, she knows that Panisse, who adores the child, will be a better father than Marius, who will be away at sea for many years at a time. Marius leaves, shaking Panisses hand before he goes, and Panisse and Madelon happily look at their babys first tooth. ........

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