White Heat

Lois Weber
1934-12-30


4.5
62 min

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.

Cast

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