The Light of Victory (1919)

US Navy Lieutenant George Blenton becomes drunk at an official reception and his fiancee Jane Ravenslee the captains daughter breaks their engagement After war is declared George entrusted with a secret code book to deliver to an English admiral drinks and loses the book which German spies recover During a private courtmartial he is offered a pistol for suicide After drinking again he fires a shot but still lives Put ashore on the island of Tafofu to rot George hating the US moves in with Lehua a halfwhite who tries to wean him from drink