Rose Hobart didn't make many films. Always outspoken (even in an 1980s interview) she didn't have time for all the Hollywood hoopla. She didn't like this film as she didn't like the star (Charles Bickford) but it is certainly worth a look.
Linda (Rose Hobart) has traveled 6 thousand miles to Borneo to search for her husband. He is now a court physician to the Crown Prince Hashim (George Renavent). He lives in a splendid exotic castle on the edge of a volcano. Linda finds her husband, now an alcoholic and with a sultry native girl Neila (Lupita Tovar) hovering in the background. He left Linda years before because he suspected her of having an affair, but it was only in his imagination. He doesn't want her back and tells her to go. There is some good establishing jungle footage of wild animals and village life. The film gets better but it is not wonderful. The ending has the volcano erupting and the palace is spectacularly destroyed.
Charles Bickford is wooden as usual and Rose Hobart is not exciting. There is definitely not enough of Lupita Tovar. This film does not do her justice. She was the exotic star of the Spanish language version of "Dracula". She married the producer, Paul Kohner. Their daughter, Susan, was also an actress and was Oscar nominated for her role as Sarah Jane in the 1959 version of "Imitation of Life".
Linda (Rose Hobart) has traveled 6 thousand miles to Borneo to search for her husband. He is now a court physician to the Crown Prince Hashim (George Renavent). He lives in a splendid exotic castle on the edge of a volcano. Linda finds her husband, now an alcoholic and with a sultry native girl Neila (Lupita Tovar) hovering in the background. He left Linda years before because he suspected her of having an affair, but it was only in his imagination. He doesn't want her back and tells her to go. There is some good establishing jungle footage of wild animals and village life. The film gets better but it is not wonderful. The ending has the volcano erupting and the palace is spectacularly destroyed.
Charles Bickford is wooden as usual and Rose Hobart is not exciting. There is definitely not enough of Lupita Tovar. This film does not do her justice. She was the exotic star of the Spanish language version of "Dracula". She married the producer, Paul Kohner. Their daughter, Susan, was also an actress and was Oscar nominated for her role as Sarah Jane in the 1959 version of "Imitation of Life".