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Hula

192764 minUnited States
Drama
Video edition
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No spoken dialogue. Intertitles: English.
This copy runs
63:22
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Synopsis

A planter's independent-minded daughter prefers riding, swimming and direct expression to the conventions expected of her. She falls for a British engineer supervising a dam, but he already has a wife. When that marriage stands in the way of their relationship, she devises a risky intervention involving the project on which his prospects depend.

Cast

DirectorsVictor Fleming

Inspirations

Clara Bow stars in Victor Fleming's adaptation of Armine von Tempski's novel. Its Hawaiian setting supports a Hollywood fantasy of freedom from mainland social rules, while the heroine's clothes and assertive behaviour connect her to contemporary flapper imagery.

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