this short and sweet silent film star one of the bright star of the era and ramon novarro . novarro trademark energy be channel into a great performance a a half white half native on an island where he be not accept by everyone . he be a wealthy man but would rather spend his time lounge in the sun eat banana and coconut than do business . he meet a beautiful native girl name tito ( dorothy janis ) and half white and half native like himself . however and she be restrict by her benefactor and a hypocrite christian businessman ( donald crisp ) who want to train her to be white . the native begin to have a love affair much to the chagrin of the wealthy benefactor and a prostitute ( renée adorée ) who be in love with novarro . a a silent make after the talkie sweep entertainment and this film feature a recorded soundtrack with sung music and sound effect . sometimes the lip do not match the recording and but the track work quite well with illustrate the story .