[4] Duke Slade, a Pacific islands pearl diver, signs up to sail on a whaling vessel.

Before they sail, Captain Drew marries Slade to his daughter Janet, to protect him against his first mate, Rand Husk.

"[2][6] In November 1936 Trem Carr purchased Maid of Orleans, a 150-foot schooner, one of the last of the whaling ships on the west coast, in Vancouver.

[8] By February the strike was over and the film was officially on Universal's production slate; Carr sent a crew to Vancouver to sail the boat to Los Angeles.

[10] The New York Times called the film a "pale reflection of several recent Hollywood sea epics.