Name: The Savage
Released: 1926
Cast: Ben Lyon, May Mcavoy, Tom Maguire, Philo Mccullough, Sam Hardy

Cast & Crew

Film Details

Release Date

Jul 18, 1926

Premiere Information

not available

Production Company

First National Pictures

Country

United States

Screenplay Information

Based on the short story "The Savage" by Ernest Pascal (publication undetermined).

Technical Specs

Sound

Silent

Color

Black and White

Film Length

6,275ft (5 reels)

Synopsis

Danny Terry, a wild-animal expert for a scientific magazine, goes to the Mariposa Islands and pretends to be a white savage to put over a hoax on a rival magazine's expedition, guided by Professor Atwater. In New York, he is placed on exhibition at a "jungle ball" given by Mrs. Atwater to celebrate the betrothal of her daughter to Howard Kipp. Terry's editor tries to expose the hoax, but Terry has fallen in love with Ysabel and refuses to disgrace her father; meanwhile, Ysabel breaks her engagement upon finding her fiancé with another girl. Though she knows Terry is a fake, she goes away with him, and they declare their mutual love. Terry convinces his pursuers that the "savage" has escaped, and as himself he finds happiness with Ysabel.