South of Suva (1922)

South of Suva

1922

Adventure Drama

Synopsis

Phyllis Latimer goes to Fiji to rejoin her husband of three years and finds him in a state of drunken degeneracy, incapable of reform. Fleeing his advances, she escapes to a nearby island; and there she impersonates Pauline Leonard, ward of John Webster. When Latimer incites a native uprising against Webster, who hires Hindu laborers, he finds Phyllis on the island, drags her home with him, and in a frenzy gives her to the natives for a human sacrifice. Webster and the government police arrive in time to save Phyllis, and Latimer is killed in the riot. Phyllis and Webster reveal their mutual love.

Credits

Director

Frank Urson

Cast

Benny Ayers as Native

Bhogwan Singh as Native

Fred Kelsey as Karl Swartz

John Bowers as John Webster

Larry Steers as Alfred Bowman

Mary Miles Minter as Phyllis Latimer

Roy Atwell as Marmaduke Grubb

Walter Long as Sydney Latimer