| ~Cast~ Gilda Gray ... Aloma Percy Marmont ... Bob Holden Warner Baxter ... Nuitane William Powell ... Van Templeton Harry T. Morey ... Red Malloy Julanne Johnston ... Sylvia Joseph W. Smiley ... Andrew Taylor Frank Montgomery ... Hongi Michelette Burani ... Hina Ernestine Gaines ... Taula Aurelio Ciccia ... Sailor Robert Livingston ... Swimmer (uncredited) |
| ~Plot Synopsis~ |
Gilda Gray, best-known for inventing the shimmy, shows off her talents as a Hawaiian dancer in this
South Seas drama, based on the play by John B. Hymer and LeRoy Clemens. Percy Marmont plays his
usual role -- a man, who, after having his heart broken, degenerates into a drunken mess. Bob Holden
(Marmont) travels to a South Sea island, where he saves Aloma (Gray) from the unwanted attentions of
another white man. Aloma is more than grateful -- she falls in love with Holden and spends the better
part of the film trying to seduce him. This does not please her native lover Nuitane (Warner Baxter). Just
when Holden has succumbed to Aloma's charms and is about to marry her, Sylvia, his old sweetheart
(Julanne Johnson), comes to the island with her nasty new husband, Van Templeton (William Powell).
Aloma comes to realize that Holden is still deeply in love with Sylvia. Meanwhile, Nuitane drowns
Templeton during a storm. Aloma returns to Nuitane, and Holden is reunited with Sylvia. This picture
made a fortune for Paramount. A version of the story was filmed again in 1941, with Dorothy Lamour in
the role of Aloma.
Plot Synopsis from allmovie.com
South Seas drama, based on the play by John B. Hymer and LeRoy Clemens. Percy Marmont plays his
usual role -- a man, who, after having his heart broken, degenerates into a drunken mess. Bob Holden
(Marmont) travels to a South Sea island, where he saves Aloma (Gray) from the unwanted attentions of
another white man. Aloma is more than grateful -- she falls in love with Holden and spends the better
part of the film trying to seduce him. This does not please her native lover Nuitane (Warner Baxter). Just
when Holden has succumbed to Aloma's charms and is about to marry her, Sylvia, his old sweetheart
(Julanne Johnson), comes to the island with her nasty new husband, Van Templeton (William Powell).
Aloma comes to realize that Holden is still deeply in love with Sylvia. Meanwhile, Nuitane drowns
Templeton during a storm. Aloma returns to Nuitane, and Holden is reunited with Sylvia. This picture
made a fortune for Paramount. A version of the story was filmed again in 1941, with Dorothy Lamour in
the role of Aloma.
Plot Synopsis from allmovie.com
| Directed by: Maurice Tourneur Written by: James Ashmore Creelman - writer Based on the play Aloma of the South Seas by John B. Hymer & Leroy Clemens (New York, 20 Apr 1925). |
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| ~Remaining Credits~ Produced by: Bud Fisher Film Corporation Famous Players-Lasky Corporation Released by: Paramount Pictures Produced by: Adolph Zukor Produced by: Jesse L. Lasky Cinematography by: Harry Fischbeck Film Editing: E. Lloyd Sheldon Art Direction: Charles M. Kirk Length: 9 Reels Runtime: 77 minutes New York Premier: May 16, 1926 Released: May 29th or August 2nd, 1926 |
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