Storyline
Marama Thurston leaves her fashionable boarding school in America when her ailing father Jim Thurston, a plantation owner on Fiji, begs her to protect the rubber crop from his thieving son-in-law. Upon arriving on the island, Marama learns that she is a half-caste. Traumatized, she assumes native customs and agrees to marry Ratu Madri, the island's ruler. Templeton, an American fugitive living on Fiji, falls in love with her, but Marama rejects him, having pledged herself already to the Fiji chief. As Marama dances the prenuptial rite, Templeton attempts to rescue her. The natives seize the American, and Marama threatens suicide if they harm him. The couple escape during a hurricane, and soon after a yacht arrives with the news that Templeton has been exonerated of murder charges. Their problems thus resolved, they return to America to wed. A lost film.
Cast & Crew
Edith Roberts
Marama Thurston
Lead
Jack Perrin
Templeton
RC
Richard Cummings
Jim Thurston (as Dick Cummings)
Noble Johnson
Ratu Madri
AJ
Arthur Jervis
Frank Maddon (as Dr. Arthur Jervis)
LM
Lucille Moulton
Moala
LP
Lily Phillips
Akanesi
OD
Olga D. Mojean
(as Olga de Mojean)
What People Are Saying
5.0
“A staggering achievement of craft and ambition. Norman Dawn's vision lands with breathtaking precision.”
5.0
“Every frame feels alive. The Adorable Savage is the rare release that takes its audience seriously.”
