One of over 700 Paramount productions, filmed between 1929-49, which were sold to MCA/Universal in 1958 for television distribution, and have been owned and controlled by Universal ever since. Its earliest documented telecast took place in Seattle Friday 7 November 1958 on KIRO (Channel 7); it first aired Omaha Thursday 26 March 1959 on KETV (Channel 7); and in Milwaukee 2 October 1959 on WITI (Channel 6), followed by Pittsburgh 4 November 1959 on KDKA (Channel 2), by Grand Rapids 24 November 1959 on WOOD (Channel 8), by New York City 5 January 1960 on WCBS (Channel 2), by Phoenix 13 January 1960 on KVAR (Channel 12), by San Francisco 6 March 1960 on KPIX (Channel 5), by Miami 11 March 1960 on WTVJ (Channel 4), and by Boston 22 July 1960 on WBZ (Channel 4). At this time, color broadcasting was in its infancy, limited to only a small number of high rated programs, primarily on NBC and NBC affiliated stations, so these film showings were all still in B&W. Viewers were not offered the opportunity to see these films in their original Technicolor until several years later.
The plot of the original 1926 version involves a man who returns home after the war to find his sweetheart has married someone else. He travels to the South Seas where he meets Aloma and falls in love with her. Then she has to return the man she loves to his sweetheart when she comes for him.