Summary
In a tale of rebellion and redemption, Lady Andrea Pellor, a wealthy South African mine owner's fiancée, flees her loveless engagement on the eve of her wedding, hijacking an airplane piloted by the enigmatic White Man. He whisks her away to his jungle abode, where their tumultuous relationship evolves from captivity to romance, complicated by her aristocratic upbringing and his rugged individualism. When the River Pirate's henchmen interfere, White Man must rescue Lady Andrea, ultimately returning her to civilization and reuniting with her as her brother's war buddy.
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About to be married to a wealthy South African mine owner whom she does not love, Lady Andrea Pellor rebels after she gets her bridal gown on, and seeing an airplane of the beach begs the aviator to take her away. He consents and takes her to his home in the jungle, where she is forced to stay, as the henchmen of his enemy the River Pirate have splintered the propeller and it takes weeks to send for a new one. The hero is a disappointed, disillusioned man seeking to forget and is only known as White Man. He respects her but treats he with a touch of brutality. Lady Andrea contracts jungle fever and her nurses her back to health, and they love each other but her training makes her hide it. The River Pirate pays them a visit and after a fight kidnaps Lady Andrea. White Man goes in his airplane, crashes through the roof of the house and rescues her. He then takes her back to civilization. He follows and turns out to be her brother's war buddy. Finally she confesses her love as he is about to return to the jungle. - Moving Picture World, November 22, 1925.
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