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Promotional image, Townsville Daily Bulletin, 3 August 1928, p.11 (via Trove Australia)
form y separately published work icon The Adorable Outcast single work   film/TV   thriller   crime  
Alternative title: Black Cargoes of the South Seas
Adaptation of Conn of the Coral Seas Beatrice Grimshaw , 1922 single work novel
Issue Details: First known date: 1928... 1928 The Adorable Outcast
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A Pacific Island romance, The Adorable Outcast follows Stephen Conn, an adventurer who is in love with a beautiful young native woman named Luya. When a rumour surfaces suggesting that Conn has a hoard of gold hidden away, an evil blackbirder, Fursey, kidnaps Luya as a ransom. Conn enlists the aid of Luya's tribal members to help him get her back, and they subsequently attack Fursey and his fellow traders at their stronghold. After freeing his love, Conn is made aware that her parents were actually white-skinned. This allows them to unite.

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First known date: 1928
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      Australasian Films ,
      1928 .
      image of person or book cover 7033926785135101841.jpg
      Promotional image, Townsville Daily Bulletin, 3 August 1928, p.11 (via Trove Australia)
      Extent: 7,300 ftp.
      Description: Black and white; silent
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