The daughter of a pineapple plantation owner in Hawaii sets her sights on a married English engineer.
Acting
Clara Bow's screen presence—she didn't need dialogue to smolder.
Costume
Those hula outfits scandalized 1927 audiences, obviously.
Direction
Victor Fleming pre-Gone With the Wind, already proving his eye.
Director
Victor Fleming
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Clara Bow performed her own hula dances after intensive training, and the volcanic eruption footage was captured during an actual Kilauea eruption with Fleming's crew dangerously close.
Released months before sound took over, this was Bow's last major silent—her Brooklyn accent would soon 'limit' her roles, proving Hollywood always found ways to punish women for existing.
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