Four people barely escape a plague ship. They head for the nearest island. Little did they know that they were going from the frying pan into the fire. The island also has a plague and the only way out is through the jungle. The journey through the jungle is a journey of discovery. Each person gets a belated coming of age and focuses on life.
This may not be the film you expected. Many of the reviews are misleading. We have an odd collection of personalities. The focus is on the mousy school teacher Judy Jones (Claudette Colbert) with each passing day changes as she loses glasses and lets down her hair. We even get a shower scene where Arnold Ainger (Herbert Marshall) rushes in and saves Judy from getting pneumonia, as Stewart Corder (William Gargan) watches with tongue hanging out; or was that me?
Oh yes, I guess I should mention that this is a Cecil B, DeMille production. His second sound Production.
Anyway, who gets the girl? Probably cannibals.
And for some reason, the native men just want to get rid of Mrs. Mardick (Mary Boland) and her little dog too.
This may not be the film you expected. Many of the reviews are misleading. We have an odd collection of personalities. The focus is on the mousy school teacher Judy Jones (Claudette Colbert) with each passing day changes as she loses glasses and lets down her hair. We even get a shower scene where Arnold Ainger (Herbert Marshall) rushes in and saves Judy from getting pneumonia, as Stewart Corder (William Gargan) watches with tongue hanging out; or was that me?
Oh yes, I guess I should mention that this is a Cecil B, DeMille production. His second sound Production.
Anyway, who gets the girl? Probably cannibals.
And for some reason, the native men just want to get rid of Mrs. Mardick (Mary Boland) and her little dog too.