| The Adorable Outcast | |
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| Directed by | Norman Dawn |
| Produced by | Norman Dawn |
| Written by | Norman Dawn |
| Based on | Conn of the Coral Seas by Beatrice Grimshaw |
| Starring | Edith Roberts Edmund Burns Walter Long |
| Cinematography | Arthur Higgins William Trerise |
| Editing by | Mona Donaldson |
| Studio | Australasian Films |
| Release date(s) | 1928 |
| Running time | 7,300 feet |
| Country | Australia |
| Language | Silent film English intertitles |
| Budget | ₤40,000[1] |
The Adorable Outcast is a 1928 Australian silent film directed by Norman Dawn about an adventurer who romances an island girl.
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A young adventurer, Stephen Conn (Edmund Burns) is in love with an island girl, Luya (Edith Roberts). An evil blackbirder Fursey (Walter Long) kidnaps Luya to get hands on some gold, but Stephen rescues her with the help of Luya's tribe. When it is revealed that Luya's parents were white, she and Stephen are married.[2]
The big-budget film was shot mostly on location in Fiji from April to June 1927, with some studio work done at Bondi Junction in Sydney.[3][4] The three leads, Edith Roberts, Edmund Burns and Walter Long, were all established Hollywood actors.[5]
The film initially performed strongly at the box office but soon tailed off, and expected overseas success did not eventuate. It was estimated the combined losses of this and Norman Dawn's earlier film, For the Term of His Natural Life (1927) came to ₤30,000.[6]
It was released in the US as Black Cargoes of the South Seas.
Fifteen minutes of the film survive today.[7]
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