This silly melodrama starts off o.k. and is pretty cute until the entrance of a despicable villain played by J. Carroll Naish. It all starts when pilot Ray Milland crash lands on a tropical island where Princess Dorothy Lamour rules with the aide of a cute lion cub and a mischievous chimpanzee. She greets Mill and by tossing a knife at him while the chimp tosses coconuts.
Romance ensues almost immediately but is threatened by Naish's arrival with a battalion of angry natives. This leads to Lamour, Mill and and his comical sidekick Lynne Overman all being held captive ad approaching alligators prepare for a meal of human flesh by clicking their chops. Silliness abound with Lamour looking fetching in her sarong and wearing lipstick presumably made out of berries.
The first half gives way to stereotypical native uprisings with a twist towards the end involving the sudden introduction of Milland's hi- fallutin' fiancée. This just stretches out the plot and takes the action aboard ship to get it off the island. Overman's schtick gets tiresome after a while. Colorful but only slightly camp, this is slightly disappointing considering all the hype I've heard about this over the years.
Romance ensues almost immediately but is threatened by Naish's arrival with a battalion of angry natives. This leads to Lamour, Mill and and his comical sidekick Lynne Overman all being held captive ad approaching alligators prepare for a meal of human flesh by clicking their chops. Silliness abound with Lamour looking fetching in her sarong and wearing lipstick presumably made out of berries.
The first half gives way to stereotypical native uprisings with a twist towards the end involving the sudden introduction of Milland's hi- fallutin' fiancée. This just stretches out the plot and takes the action aboard ship to get it off the island. Overman's schtick gets tiresome after a while. Colorful but only slightly camp, this is slightly disappointing considering all the hype I've heard about this over the years.