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Show "South of Pago Pago." Overcome by greed and lust for wealth, Larson Lar-son uses all kinds of foul methods to enslave the natives on the island of Manoa so that they will dive for pearls. Kehane, the young and handsome son of the Island chief, falls in love with Ruby, never dreaming that she is a Singapore Sin-gapore cafe girl. Things go from bad to worse for the innocent natives na-tives until a swift and unexpected climax brings the showdown. How Ruby manages to save the day forj the islanders and to free them from Larson's cunning and violence vio-lence provides the picture with an ending packed with thrills and drama. The principal location site during dur-ing the filming of "South of Pago Pago" was on the famous Kona coast on the island of Hawaii, the largest in the group. Here 2000 natives were employed, 300 canoes can-oes were assembled and an entire native village built on the beach near the foaming surf. Tropic Love Colors Daring Drama Of South Seas Picture Edward Small knew that he had a truly great screen property when he decided to produce 'South of Pago Pago," the epic of South Seas romance and intrigue, which will have its premiere m this section at the Rivoli theatre Sunday, through United Artists release. That is why he spared neither energy nor expense and that is why he chose an impressive impress-ive case headed by Jon Hall, who won sensational fame as the hero of "The Hurricane." Other important im-portant names in the cast include Frances Farmer, Victor McLaglen, Gene Lockhart, Douglas Dum-brille, Dum-brille, Olympe Bradna, and Francis Fran-cis Ford. Briefly, the story of "South of Pago Pago" concerns the strange adventures of Bucko Larson and Ruby Taylor, who undertake an expedition to a fabulous pearl bed |