Tropic Madness (1928)
65 mins | Melodrama | 19 December 1928
Director:
Robert G. VignolaWriter:
Ramon RomeroCinematographer:
Nicholas MusuracaEditor:
Jack KitchenProduction Company:
F.B.O. Productions, Inc.A studio production schedule in the 22 September 1928 Exhibitors Herald and Moving Picture World cited a starting date of 27 August 1928 for Tropic Madness.
FD reviewed the film as Tropical Madness. ...
A studio production schedule in the 22 September 1928 Exhibitors Herald and Moving Picture World cited a starting date of 27 August 1928 for Tropic Madness.
FD reviewed the film as Tropical Madness.
Driven into bankruptcy by his wife's extravagance, Herbert Pomeroy sends his young son, Frankie, to live with Henderson, a South Seas trader, and then kills himself. After 6 years of frantic searching for her child, Juanita Pomeroy gives up hope and embarks on a world cruise with wealthy Jules Lennox. Lennox's yacht lands on Henderson's island, and Juanita persuades Henderson to let her be Frankie's governess. Johnson, a destitute doctor, falls in love with Juanita, and Koki, Johnson's common-law native wife, vengefully persuades the witch doctor to sacrifice Frankie to propitiate the angry volcano when it errupts. Henderson saves mother and child, declaring his love for them ...
Driven into bankruptcy by his wife's extravagance, Herbert Pomeroy sends his young son, Frankie, to live with Henderson, a South Seas trader, and then kills himself. After 6 years of frantic searching for her child, Juanita Pomeroy gives up hope and embarks on a world cruise with wealthy Jules Lennox. Lennox's yacht lands on Henderson's island, and Juanita persuades Henderson to let her be Frankie's governess. Johnson, a destitute doctor, falls in love with Juanita, and Koki, Johnson's common-law native wife, vengefully persuades the witch doctor to sacrifice Frankie to propitiate the angry volcano when it errupts. Henderson saves mother and child, declaring his love for them both.
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