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Unmasked by a Kanaka
(1913) United States of America
B&W : One reel
Directed by [?] Bertram Bracken and/or Gaston Méliès?
Cast: (unknown)
Méliès Star Films [American] production; distributed by [?] The Vitagraph Company of America through The General Film Company, Incorporated? / Produced by Gaston Méliès. / Released 13 February 1913. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format.
Drama: South Seas.
Synopsis: [?] [From The Moving Picture World]? This photoplay was produced in beautiful Tahiti, one of the South Sea Islands, termed “The Garden of the Pacific,” because of its wealth of vegetation and of everything that is beautiful and romantic. Here palms grow upon the very streets of the villages and the tall, graceful coconut trees may be seen long before one reaches the island. The lives of the natives are romantic and equally so are those of the colonists. Wilkins, a colonist planter, casts aside his native mistress to propose to Grace, the pretty daughter of a neighboring planter. When not accepted, he attempts to win her love by fraud, making believe that it was he who saved her life when her boat upturned. Out of gratitude she consents to marry Wilkins, but at the opportune moment a Kanaka (a native), brother of his mistress, reveals the trick, points out the real hero, and Grace’s love is then bestowed on the rightful owner.
Survival status: (unknown)
Current rights holder: Public domain [USA].
Keywords: Tahiti
Listing updated: 5 October 2023.
References: Thompson-Star p. 233 : Website-IMDb.
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