MV Joyita
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MV Joyita was an American merchant vessel from which 25 passengers and crew mysteriously disappeared in the South Pacific in October 1955. She was found adrift with no one aboard.
MV Joyita partially submerged and listing heavily to port side
Ship's wheelhouse in 1942
Wreck seen from port side
Newspaper headline accusing Japan
Jewel Carmen
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Jewel Carmen was an American silent film actress who appeared in over 30 films, primarily in the late 1910s. In addition to her film career, she was involved in several scandals.
MV Joyita
…built in 1931 as a luxury yacht by the Wilmington Boat Works in Los Angeles for movie director Roland West, who named the ship for his wife, actress Jewel Carmen — joyita in Spanish meaning "little jewel". In 1936 the ship was sold and registered to Milton E. Beacon. During this period, she made numerous trips…
Carmen in 1916
Carmen as Cosette in Les Misérables (1917)
Carmen and Kenneth Harlan in Nobody, 1921