White Savage


White Savage is a 1943 American Technicolor South Seas adventure film directed by Arthur Lubin and starring Maria Montez, Jon Hall and Sabu. The film was re-released by Realart Pictures [Inc.|Realart] in 1948 on a double-feature with the same three stars in Cobra Woman and again in 1953, under the title White Savage Woman. It was choreographed by Lester Horton.

Plot

Princess Tahia is the ruler of the tropical Temple Island. Sam Miller schemes to marry her and get hold of the gold bars lining the submerged floor of the island's temple. Heroic shark hunter Kaloe wins the day and the heart of Tahia.

Cast

White Savage had been the original title for Maria Montez's first starring vehicle, South of Tahiti. Arabian Nights was so popular that Universal commissioned two follow-up movies to star Montez, Jon Hall and Sabu: White Savage and Cobra Woman. Gene Lewis wrote the original script for White Savage. Montez's costumes in some scenes were considered to be too skimpy, requiring those scenes to be cut.

Reception

Diabolique said "Not as well known as Montez's later camp classic Cobra Woman , White Savage is actually a better movie – Montez and Hall seem to genuinely like each other, Richard Brooks’ script is clever and there's plenty of action and gorgeous photography."