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Sixteen Fathoms Deep is a 1934 American film directed by Armand Schaefer and starring Lon Chaney Jr and Sally O'Neil. It was an early leading role for Chaney, then billed under his birth name "Creighton Chaney".

Sixteen Fathoms Deep
Directed byArmand Schaefer
Written byBarry Barringer
Norman Houston
Based onthe American magazine story by Eustace L. Adams
Produced byPaul Malvern
StarringSally O'Neil
Lon Chaney Jr.
Production
company
Paul Malvern Productions
Distributed byMonogram Pictures
Release date
18 January 1934 (New York)[1]
Running time
58 mins
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

Plot


A sponge diver, Joe Bethel, hopes to make enough money to buy his own boat and marry his fiancée, Rosie. He must deal with a villainous fellow diver, Savanis.


Cast



Production


O'Neil made the film after missing out on the role in Sitting Pretty (1933) to Ginger Rogers.[2]


Reception


The New York Times called Sixteen Fathoms Deep a "good swaggering specimen" of action melodrama, "exciting, plausible and a lot of fun."[3]


See also



References


  1. "SCREEN NOTES". New York Times. 18 January 1934. p. 19.
  2. Schallert, Edwin (20 September 1933). "Hill-Billy Film Promises Scene-Stealing Fireworks". Los Angeles Times. p. 11.
  3. "Among the Sponge Divers". New York Times. 19 January 1934. p. 24.





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