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1943 film by Arthur Lubin From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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. It was choreographed by Lester Horton.
| White Savage | |
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Realart rerelease film poster | |
| Directed by | Arthur Lubin |
| Screenplay by | Richard Brooks |
| Story by | Peter Milne |
| Produced by | George Waggner |
| Starring | Maria Montez Jon Hall Sabu Turhan Bey Sidney Toler Thomas Gomez Don Terry Paul Guilfoyle |
| Cinematography | William E. Snyder Lester White |
| Edited by | Russell F. Schoengarth |
| Music by | Frank Skinner |
Production company | Universal Pictures |
| Distributed by | Universal Pictures |
Release date |
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Running time | 76 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Box office | $1.4 million (US rentals)[1] |
Princess Tahia (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.
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.[3] Gene Lewis wrote the original script for White Savage.[4][5]
Montez's costumes in some scenes were considered to be too skimpy, requiring those scenes to be cut.[6]
Diabolique said "Not as well known as Montez's later camp classic Cobra Woman (1944) (to be fair, all her American films are camp classics), White Savage is actually a better movie – Montez and Hall seem to genuinely like each other (not always the case in their films), Richard Brooks’ script is clever and there's plenty of action and gorgeous photography."[7]
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