If someone is looking for a deep movie, Mr. Robinson Caruso is not it. If however you are looking for pure escapism and fun look no further then Mr. Robinson Caruso. It is about Steve ( Douglas Fairbanks Senior), who on a bet goes to live with his dog on an uninhabited island in the South Pacific. In order to win $2,000 ( a lot of money during the Great Depression). Of course, he has one major problem: Hesd hunters on a neighboring Island. On that Island, there is a girl played by Maria Alba who is supposed to marry one of the head hunters because a custom is to knock the bride's teeth out which she does not want to happen. So what does she do? Steals a canoe and goes to the Island where Steve is and gets caught in an animal trap he set up. After freeing her, he names her Saturday. One interesting scene is where he puts her on a bed he made, and sleeps on the floor, and she goes over an sleeps mext him ( a sure sign this is a Pre-Code movie). Spoilers ahead He ends up teaching her English and are happy together, but the cannibals come to the Island and capture them. They are going to literally roast him alive, except a monkey turns on a radio he invented which scares them and she frees Steve. Fortunately the ship comes back that dropped Steve off and he escapes by swinging on vines like Tarzan and Spider-Man and uses a catapult he made to get into the ocean. What he did not know is Saturday is also on board so he is stuck with her. He ends up putting her in the Zigfield Follies ( a popular vaudeville show at the time) and everyone loves her dancing. In the final scene they rub each other's noses ( her on stage and him in the audience), which is her native equivalent of kissing. One poster here said I wish he would have married her. It is almost certain that he did and on the boat ( since Sea Captains can legally marry couples). Why do I think that? Because it is the only legal way to get her in the US, not to mention signing a contract to get her in the Zigfield Follies. Anyway a fun movie and I give it 8:10 stars.
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