Lady Moll Sails Into Film Drama Harbor Night
William Rudden, a former seaman, chooses love over sea as his wife Deena, a former musical comedy star, abides ashore. He declines old captain Winters offer to sail as mate aboard the barque Lady Moll, bound for the West Coast for a film. The couple faces Deena’s admirer Wentworth Lang, whose presence tests their vows. Rudden returns home late to find cigarette smoke and mystery in the music room, hinting at unseen visitors.
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Lady Moll
Boston
Winters
Will
Perry
William Rudden
Deena
Hell
Rudden
Exoti
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Tang
Lang
Ill Rudden
Nevers
Mol
Captain Winters
Cape Cod
Moll
Lady Mall
Provincetown
Barney Nevers
Deena and Rudden Split Over London Musical Offer
Bill Rudden confronts Deena as Lang presses for divorce and marriage. Deena insists on Ferguson's London role for herself, leaving Rudden devastated and self‑destructive while his sea career and identity crumble under personal betrayal.
Last Windjammer Seeks Hollywood Film Fame
Ailing captain Bill Rudden sells his final command the Lady Moll to film magnates hoping to immortalize a Yankee clipper. Amid breakneck preparations in Bath and Deena’s defiant return to him, Rudden confronts love, duty, and a dream of cinema as a seaplane lifts away into a dramatic Atlantic dawn.
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Winters
Rudden
Bath
Atlantic Seaboard
Film Company
Bill Rudden
Hollywood
Will
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