White Heat (1934)
In this melodrama filmed on location in Hawaii, a sugar plantation manager finds himself falling in love with a native girl, but instead of committing to her, he marries a socially prominent young woman from San Francisco. The spoiled girl does not easily adapt to the rigors of plantation life and she gets terribly bored. She is just about to give in to the romantic overtures of a persistent native when her former lover shows up. The husband gets jealous and is about to attack him when the wife sets fire to the cane field. The husband's native lover saves him from death. Afterward, his wife leaves to be with her old flame, and the manager is free to be with the woman he's loved all along.
Director: Lois Weber
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Virginia Cherrill as Lucille Cheney |
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Mona Maris as Leilani |
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Hardie Albright as Chandler Morris |
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David Newell as William Hawkes |
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Arthur Clayton as Armia |
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Robert R. Stephenson as Mac (as Bob Stevenson) |
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Whitney De Rahm as Hale |
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Naomi Childers as Mrs. Cheney |
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Nani Palsa as Adam |
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Kolimau Kamai as Lono |
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Kamaunani Achi as Mrs. Hale |
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Peter Lee Hyun as Soong |
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Nohill Naumu as Leilani's Father |
| Writing | Lois Weber | Writer |
| Camera | Alvin Wyckoff | Director of Photography |
| Writing | James Bodrero | Story |
| Writing | James Bodrero | Writer |
| Camera | Frank Titus | Director of Photography |
| Directing | Lois Weber | Director |
