Movie

The Bottle Imp (1917)

• NR
• March 25, 1917
• 50m

• Drama
• Fantasy

Overview

Lopaka, a poor Hawaiian fisherman, falls in love with Kokua, a young girl of royal blood. Her father refuses to let him marry her, though, unless Lopaka can bring him two feather cloaks from a rare bird. While searching the mountains for the bird, Lopaka encounters a dying priest of Pele who sells him a wishing bottle in which Kono, the god of the volcanos, is confined.

Director

Marshall Neilan

Writers

Robert Louis Stevenson, Charles Maigne

Starring

Sessue Hayakawa, Lehua Waipahu, H. Komshi