The Planter
- Drama
Overview
To prevent David's widowed mother, Elizabeth, from being influenced by her son against their fake tropical rubber plantation investment, the promoters trick David into managing the plantation in Mexico. Seeking to prove his worth after a failed marriage proposal, David travels to the tropics. There, he encounters the brutal reality of the rubber slavery system. He meets Ludwig Hertzer (the villainous "Planter," played by Tyrone Power Sr.), a feared and hated man who runs a slave-labor-based operation. David also encounters Senora Morales and her daughter, Consuela, who are involved in the slave trade. David discovers his family's investment is actually a "rubbish heap." He attempts to warn his mother via cable, but the message is intercepted by Hertzer for his own gain.
Keywords
- lost film
Details
- Status
- Released
- Release date
- November 12, 1917
- Original language
- English
- Spoken languages
- English
- Countries
- United States of America
- Production
- Nevada Motion Picture Corporation
- Cast
- Carmen Phillips,Alice Winchester,Mabel Wiles,Pat Hartigan,Harry Davenport,Grace Whitehead,George Benjamin O'Dell,John Nicholson,Pearl Elmore,Laura Winstonand 9 more
- Director
- Thomas N. Heffron,John Ince
- Writer
- Harry C. Drum,Herman Whitaker
- Producer
- Harry C. Drum
- Budget
- Not recorded
- Revenue
- Not recorded
- IMDb
- tt0008437