Some very smart people working on this - George Waggner, Robert Siodmak, Richard Brooks. It is silly but done with utter conviction, gorgeous colour and a lot of smarts. It's a combination of South Seas and Lost World as Maria Montez is abducted on her wedding day by people of her island who want her to rise up against her twin sister. Fiance Jon Hall goes to rescue her.
Montez gets to emote and wear an array of outfits. Hall does sturdy heroic stuff absolutely fine. Sabu is engaging and has stuff to do. There are outlandish sets and the cobra dance plus some decent conflict in that evil Montez wants to hop on and bang Hall, and an evil priest Edgar Barrier wants to marry bad Montez. Only 71 minutes!
Mary Nash is the old queen and Lois Collier has quite a lot of screen time as a good island maiden.
Grand fun.
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