In this typical island adventure released by the independent low-budget studio Grand National, there's an above-average atmosphere, some great character performances and the strange twice to add songs for leading man George Houston. Coming off as a second-rate Nelson Eddy, Houston is great in the plot driven scenes, but singing anthem like songs comes off as an odd choice and seem silly rather than adding anyting to the film.
It's your typical fight over the natural source of pearls found inside the islands lagoon waters, and this leads to the typical conflicts to where Houston must go up against some ruthless men to keep the pearl search on the up-and-up. Ruth Coleman is the feisty heroine out to keep him straight and Mamo Clark is the stereotypical lovelorn but temperamental island native speaking broken English and pining for a man that doesn't love her. Pretty much every studio from the A's down to the Z's did this type of adventure (usually badly), and while this does not fall into the category of a bad film, it's not one that you'll be likely to remember past the initial viewing of it.
It's your typical fight over the natural source of pearls found inside the islands lagoon waters, and this leads to the typical conflicts to where Houston must go up against some ruthless men to keep the pearl search on the up-and-up. Ruth Coleman is the feisty heroine out to keep him straight and Mamo Clark is the stereotypical lovelorn but temperamental island native speaking broken English and pining for a man that doesn't love her. Pretty much every studio from the A's down to the Z's did this type of adventure (usually badly), and while this does not fall into the category of a bad film, it's not one that you'll be likely to remember past the initial viewing of it.