Never the Twain Shall Meet is a 1925 American silent South Seas drama film based on the book by Peter B. Kyne, produced by MGM and directed by Maurice Tourneur,[1] starring Anita Stewart and featuring Boris Karloff in an uncredited bit part.

When they arrive in port, the health officers find that the father is a leper, and he jumps into the water and is drowned.

Tamea is taken to the home of Dan Pritchard, the junior partner of the firm that her father traded through.

Although Dan is engaged to Maisie Morrison, a young society woman, his affections are drawn to Tamea.

Dan returns to San Francisco and marries Maisie while Mark on the island to comfort Tamea.