The Adorable Savage (1920)
The Adorable Savage (1920)
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.

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Edith Roberts Edith Roberts As: Marama Thurston
Jack Perrin Jack Perrin As: Templeton
Richard Cummings Richard Cummings As: Jim Thurston (as Dick Cummings)
Noble Johnson Noble Johnson As: Ratu Madri
Arthur Jervis Arthur Jervis As: Frank Maddon (as Dr. Arthur Jervis)
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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.


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Genres: Drama, Romance

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Release Date: 06 August 1920

Country: US

Runtime: 50m

Company Credits

Company: Universal Film Manufacturing Company

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Cast

Edith Roberts

Edith Roberts

Marama Thurston

Jack Perrin

Jack Perrin

Templeton

Richard Cummings

Richard Cummings

Jim Thurston (as Dick Cummings)

Noble Johnson

Noble Johnson

Ratu Madri

Arthur Jervis

Arthur Jervis

Frank Maddon (as Dr. Arthur Jervis)

Lucille Moulton

Lucille Moulton

Moala

Lily Phillips

Lily Phillips

Akanesi

Olga D. Mojean

Olga D. Mojean

(as Olga de Mojean)

Directed By

Norman Dawn

Norman Dawn

Director

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Camera

Thomas Rea

Thomas Rea

Director of Photography

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