A religious zealot and his nephew are thrown together on a South Seas Island with an alcoholic beachcomber and a native dancer. A battle to see who will 'civilize' whom ensues.
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Richard Barthelmess as Dan McGuire
Clarine Seymour as Mary
Creighton Hale as Walter Kincaid
George MacQuarrie as Rev. Franklyn Blythe
Kate Bruce as Mrs. Blythe
Porter Strong as Rev. Peter
Anders Randolf as The Blackbirder
Walter James as Chief Wando
Thomas Carr as Donald Blythe
Herbert Sutch as Old Thomas
Adolph Lestina as Black Slave
Ben Grauer as Native Boy
Walter Kolomoku as Native Musician
Florence Short as Pansy
D.W. Griffith Director
Stanner E.V. Taylor Writer
Gordon Ray Young Novel
Paul H. Allen Director of Photography
Billy Bitzer Director of Photography
James Smith Editor
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United States 21 March 1920
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1920 director D W Griffith.
Mary (Seymour) is the daughter of a French man and a Javanese mother and enjoys dancing. She has two lovers one being a beachcomber (Barthelmess) who ...
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