Thundering Dawn

Jack Standish feels responsible for the failure of the partnership with his father and goes to the South Seas where he falls prey to alcohol, is seduced by Lullaby Lou, a vamp, and tricked by a brutal plantation owner, Gordon Van Brock. Mary Rogers, Standish's fiancee, finds him in Java, however, she is faced with the challenge of reviving him, both mentally and physically. Her task becomes more difficult when Lullaby Lou, and Van Brock, try to interfere with the couple. Mary and Jack are finally able to escape when a tropical storm hits and spawns a typhoon that destroys the coastal settlement. —Pamela Short