White Heat

White Heat

1934 · 62 min · ★ 5.2 · Drama, Romance

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.

Directed by Lois Weber · Written by James Bodrero

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Cast

Virginia Cherrill Lucille Cheney
Mona Maris Leilani
Hardie Albright Chandler Morris
David Newell William Hawkes
Arthur Clayton Armia
Robert R. Stephenson Mac (as Bob Stevenson)
Whitney De Rahm Hale
Naomi Childers Mrs. Cheney
Nani Palsa Adam
Kolimau Kamai Lono
Kamaunani Achi Mrs. Hale
Peter Lee Hyun Soong

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