Love Island (1950)
1950 · Feature film · 61 min · dir. Bud Pollard
Tropical Thunderbolt of Romance
- Comedy
- Romance
Synopsis
US-Navy pilot Lt. Richard Tabor crash-lands on a south Pacific isle called Love Island in English. Richard befriends the Balinese beauty Sarna. The bad and jealous Jaraka doesn't like their friendship, so he has Sarna's father Aryuna arrested on a vague charge. Jaraka tells Aryuna that he only will be released when his daughter marries him.
Synopsis from TMDb
Details
- Director
- Bud Pollard
- Writer
- Daniel Kussell
- Studio
- Astor Pictures Corporation
- Released
- 1952-07-16
- Running time
- 61 minutes
Cast & crew
- Bud Pollard Director
Paul Valentine
Eva Gabor- Malcolm Lee Beggs
- Frank McNellis
- Dean Norton
- Kathryn Chang
- Bruno Wick
- Richard W. Shankland
Reviews on the Internet Archive
★★★ · Not exactly South Pacific! · Spuzz · 2006-05-01
An American gets stranded on an island full of the most laughably un-native natives you will ever see or hear. Paul Valentine starts as Richard Taber, a pilot who has crashed onto an island called Tubakara or whatever. English translation: Love Island! He falls head over heels over one of the native girls there played by Eva Gabor (!!!) but must fight for her from other white-men-playing-savage-beasts on the island. Realizing that this thin thin plot wont last for an hour, the filmmakers have also handily put in marriage customs (I think) of Other Lands for time-padding purposes. The end…
★ · Comedy? · jimelena · 2005-12-19
There isn't much comedy in this romance. And precious little romance. In fact, I don't get it. I like pointless movies but this one abuses the privilege.
