White Savage

White Savage
Directed by Arthur Lubin
Produced by George Waggner
Screenplay by Richard Brooks
Story by Peter Milne
Starring Maria Montez
Jon Hall
Sabu
Music by Frank Skinner
Cinematography William E. Snyder
Lester White
Edited by Russell F. Schoengarth
Production
company
Universal Pictures
Distributed by Universal Pictures
Release date
  • April 23, 1943 (1943-04-23) (United States)
Running time
 76 minutes
Country United States
Language English
Box office $1.4 million (US rentals)[1]

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 in 1948 on a double-feature with the same three stars in Cobra Woman (1944) and again in 1953, under the title White Savage Woman.

The film is one of a subgenre of colorful "exotic" tales released by Universal during the war years; others include Arabian Nights (1942), Cobra Woman (1944), and Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves (1944), and, like the others, has a certain Technicolor camp appeal. Choreographed by Lester Horton.

Plot

Montez is the ruler of the tropical Temple Island. Thomas Gomez plays the villain, who schemes to marry her and get hold of the gold bars lining the submerged floor of the island's temple (about which the innocent islanders remain blissfully unconcerned). Jon Hall plays a heroic shark hunter who wins the day and the heart of the princess.

Cast

Production

White Savage had been the original title for Montez's first starring vehicle, South of Tahiti (1941).[2]

Arabian Nights was so popular that Universal commissioned two follow-up movies to star Montez, Hall and Sabu - White Savage and Cobra Woman. Gene Lewis wrote the original script for White Savage.[3][4]

Montez's costumes in some scenes were considered to be too skimpy, requiring those scenes to be cut.[5]

References

  1. ↑ "Top Grossers of the Season", Variety, 5 January 1944 p 54
  2. ↑ SCREEN NEWS HERE AND IN HOLLYWOOD: Olivia de Havilland Gets Lead in 'The Male Animal,' Which is Set to Start Today SIX NEW FILMS DUE HERE ' Whistling in the Dark,' 'Dive Bomber' and 'Wild Geese Calling' to Arrive By DOUGLAS W. CHURCHILL Special to THE NEW YORK TIMES.. New York Times (1923-Current file) [New York, N.Y] 25 Aug 1941: 18
  3. ↑ Simon Simone Signed by RKO for Lead in 'The Cat People' -- Dekker Gets Part: 'ATLANTIC CONVOY' OPENS Action Drama Due Today at the Stanley -- Dance Program Enters Seventh Week SIGNED FOR LEAD By Telephone to THE NEW YORK TIMES.. New York Times (1923-Current file) [New York, N.Y] 04 July 1942: 11.
  4. ↑ DRAMA: Ann 'Oomphs' to Piano; Exotic Trio to Sail On Schallert, Edwin. Los Angeles Times (1923-Current File) [Los Angeles, Calif] 13 July 1942: 8.
  5. ↑ White Savage at Maria Montez Fan Page
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