A early drama set at a rubber plantation in Indochina from 1932 & directed by Victor Fleming (The Wizard of Oz/Gone with the Wind). Clark Gable & Jean Harlow star in this drama in which a plantation owner's relationship w/a prostitute (she's never identified as one but we get the gist) becomes interesting when his new employee & wife come into the picture & she catches Gable's eye. Swinging back & forth between both women, Gable struggles to keep his head on straight as the usual highs & lows of his profession weigh on his mind. Coming out in the early days of talkies, this film suffers from its stilted drama & its lack of a cinematic look to its production (a film score is absent & some of the backdrop screens are noticeable) which is more indicative of the time in which the film was made & the language of movies was still in its infancy. Still worth a look for the bare bones attempt on view.
