A young Polynesian couple is separated by a mining company which enslaves islanders.A young Polynesian couple is separated by a mining company which enslaves islanders.A young Polynesian couple is separated by a mining company which enslaves islanders.
Lotus Long
- Lilleo
- (as Lotus)
Rudolph Anders
- Superintendant's Assistant
- (uncredited)
Chester Gan
- Chinese Cook
- (uncredited)
Rangapo A. Taipoo
- Taro's Mother
- (uncredited)
Teio A. Tematua
- The Chief
- (uncredited)
Charles Trowbridge
- Mine Superintendant
- (uncredited)
- Director
- Writers
- John Farrow
- Herman Melville(uncredited)
- Raymond L. Schrock(uncredited)
- All cast & crew
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- Trivia50,000 feet of underwater footage was shot for this film, with a final total of 60 reels shot during the 22 weeks of production. It was eventually released as an 8-reel feature.
- Quotes
Opening Title Card: Below the Equator, amongst those distant isles where the shadow of the white man's civilization is but a rumour, force and war still play their parts in the wooing of a maiden. Men of one island, like their fathers before them, still raid their neighbors when in search of wives.
- Crazy creditsMetro-Goldwyn-Mayer acknowledges, with gratitude, the sympathetic cooperation of government authorities toward the expedition that filmed this story in French Polynesia - - It also thanks the native inhabitants who play themselves.
- Alternate versionsThe French censors replaced the acknowledgment statement (see Crazy Credits) with "... advising that the film is based on past customs which will never return because of more humane laws now in existence." Also deleted were scenes of the natives unknowingly being contracted for five years of hard labor in the phosphate mines.
- ConnectionsReferenced in Svengoolie: Man Made Monster (2015)
Featured review
kidnapping and more kidnapping
It's a Polynesian paradise. Men are raiding for wives but they are chased away. Taro continues to pursue maiden Lilleo and gets left behind. It's a bumpy romance. Their world is turned upside down with the arrival of the white men.
So the kidnapping is the film's version of a meet-cute. They do proceed according to rom-com rules. It turns into yet something else with more kidnapping. It's trying to be an epic romance. I'm willing to accept it but the original kidnapping does hold it back a little. Overall, this is very good and the tropical locations are beautiful.
So the kidnapping is the film's version of a meet-cute. They do proceed according to rom-com rules. It turns into yet something else with more kidnapping. It's trying to be an epic romance. I'm willing to accept it but the original kidnapping does hold it back a little. Overall, this is very good and the tropical locations are beautiful.
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- Jul 14, 2022
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- Budget
- $600,000 (estimated)
- Runtime1 hour 10 minutes
- Color
- Aspect ratio
- 1.37 : 1
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