Äventyr (Adventure). 1925.

Artist: ANONYMOUS
Size: 22 3/4 x 35 1/2 in./58 x 90.2 cm
Condition: B+/ Horizontal fold.
Printer: Svensk Konstindustriales
Reference: Ref: PAI-XXXIV, 558
Key Words: Art Deco; Black Images; Film

Äventyr (Adventure). 1925.
Oh the minstrelesque political incorrectness of it all. Based on the 1911 Jack London novel of the same name, this offbeat silent film features a strong female character named Joan who roams the Pacific in her own schooner manned with a Polynesian crew. She arrives on one of the Solomon Islands, where plantation owner David is losing some of his native workers to a deadly plague known as "Blackwater Fever,” and is, in fact, ill himself. Joan puts her crew to work in defending David against a native uprising. As the title implies, all forms of peril ensue, with a fully recovered David in the end saving Joan as true love rules the day. Appearing as one of the native leaders is Duke Kahanamoku, a Hawaiian surfing champ who won several swimming gold medals in the 1912 Olympics.