George B. Seitz
released 27 Sept 1927
released in UK as Forgotten Women
Based on the story by Louella Parsons (the gossip columnist), it is considered to be the most awful film poor Alice ever had the misfortune to appear in.
Conway Tearle plays a bank cashier who is unjustly accused of embezzlement, and then escapes to a tropical island as a fugitive from justice. His fiancee (played by Alice Calhoun), that he has left behind, still believes he is innocent. Once on the island, the fugitive meets a trader (Gibson Gowland) who has a young, scantily clad native girl (former showgirl Dorothy Sebastian) that he retains as his "property". The fugitive is inspired to defend the slave girl (although he remains true to his abandoned fiancee), yet refuses to actually fight the trader. But the trader still becomes insanely jealous and forces the fugitive to fight him. The fugitive is very badly injured but wins the fight, only to succumb to a tropical fever. Meantime, a docked ship captain wires the state of affairs to the fiancee back home. The fiancee travels to the island as quickly as she can. While she travels, the trader is determined to kill the fugitive. He attacks the sick man, but the slave girl throws herself in front of a fatal spear thrust to spare his life. Before dying, she grabs a gun and shoots the trader. The fiancee arrives just then, with the happy news that the fugitive's name has been cleared. The newly reunited couple return home, thus ending this silly film.
Harry Semels and William Welch are also featured in this film. Scenario and adaption by Norman Springer, Director of Photography was Joseph Walker, and Fred C. Ryle did makeup.
(c) Columbia Pictures 10/20/1927 LP 24544
