Aloha

On a South Sea island, Ilanu, a half-caste, does not want to marry Kahea, a man of her tribe, but instead desires American Jimmy Bradford, who has been on the island for nearly a year overseeing his father's copra interests. After rebuking Kahea, Ilanu finds Jimmy sulking because he hungers for the life he has left. When she finds he exhibits no interest in her, she leaves him in tears. Old Ben, who brags he once earned three degrees at Harvard, warns Jimmy not to get involved with a native girl by pointing to his six half-caste children and quoting Kipling.