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Lillo of the Sulu Seas (1916)
Short | Short, Romance

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Lillo of the Sulu Seas (1916)

Short | Short, Romance

Jeb Foster persuades Capt. Rand's wife to elope with him and they take with them the little baby daughter. For a number of years Capt. Rand endeavors to find some trace of the runaway couple in order to get back the child. His search is ...See moreJeb Foster persuades Capt. Rand's wife to elope with him and they take with them the little baby daughter. For a number of years Capt. Rand endeavors to find some trace of the runaway couple in order to get back the child. His search is fruitless and he finally retires to an island, where he lives the life of a recluse, his only associate being his faithful native servant, Pahui. Rand had never seen Foster, the latter having inflicted the wound which caused the loss of Rand's arm at the time he ran away with Rand's wife. Rand, however, retains a vivid picture of a tattooed arm thrust through his window at the time he was shot, and it is by this tattooing he hopes to identify Foster. Sixteen years elapse. Rand's daughter has grown to womanhood believing herself the daughter of Foster. She is known as Lillo, and as she has become an expert diver for pearls she is useful to Foster, who is the master of a pearl-fishing schooner. Her mother is dead. Ralph Holt, junior member of the firm of Holt and Son, pearl merchants of New York, goes to the South Seas to study the fisheries end of their business and purchase new stock, and he falls in with Foster, who invites Ralph to make an expedition with them with evil intent. Ralph falls under the spell of Lillo. Towards the end of the cruise, a typhoon overtakes the schooner and the party is wrecked. Foster makes his escape in a small boat with three of his crew, leaving Ralph and Lillo to their fate. They all land at Capt. Rand's island, Ralph and Lillo drifting in on some floating wreckage, and Rand takes care of the shipwrecked party. Foster immediately recognizes Capt. Rand as the man he had wronged, but seeing no sign of return recognition he feels secure. A steamer is due at the island the next day and the party is informed that they can take passage and return to civilization. Under a pretext of borrowing money, Foster learns that Rand has accumulated a tidy sum, and that night he comes to the house to attach it. Pahui, however, discovers him and he is forced to fight his way out. Just at this moment Rand enters and recognizes the tattooing on Foster's bared arm. He offers Foster an even fight for life, who tries to take advantage of Rand's infirmity and is killed by Pahui. The men of Foster's crew, in the meantime, have stolen rum and are almost insane from liquor. They threaten Lillo's safety. Ralph overpowers the men and takes Lillo to Rand's house for safety. Here they come upon the scene of Foster's death. Capt. Rand explains the situation and relates the incidents of his early life. In the telling he realizes that Lillo is his daughter. Ralph permits one steamer to pass and finally decides that in duty he must return to his father. Returning to New York, he finds his heart back in the islands with Lillo. Events transpire that make it necessary for him to take up the work of permanent representative of the firm at the source of supply, and in great joy he returns to the girl whom he could not forget. Written by Moving Picture World synopsis See less

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5 cast members

Name	Known for
Harold Lockwood Ralph Holt Ralph Holt See fewer	The Promise (1917)
May Allison Lillo Lillo See fewer	The Greater Glory (1926)
William Stowell Jeb Foster Jeb Foster See fewer	Fighting Mad (1917)
Perry Banks Pahui Pahui See fewer	In Trust (1915)
Harry von Meter Captain Rand Captain Rand See fewer	The Last Supper (1914)