a i watch this on pb i imagine my grandfather spend his twenty cent to watch in the theater . romance and passion in the tropical sea breeze . a sea adventurer ( joel mccrea ) fall in love with an island beauty ( dolores del rio ) who destiny be to be sacrifice to pele and the god of volcano . of note represent del rio nude underwater swim scene . and max steiner score be the first to orchestrate a talkie from begin to end . the support cast include represent richard gallagher and john halliday and reginald simpson and lon chaney jr .