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Lady of the Tropics
Lady of the Tropics
	Theatrical Film Poster
Directed by	Jack Conway
Written by	Ben Hecht
Produced by	Sam Zimbalist
Starring	Robert Taylor; Hedy Lamarr; Joseph Schildkraut; Gloria Franklin
Cinematography	George J. Folsey; Norbert Brodine
Edited by	Elmo Veron
Music by	Franz Waxman
Production; company	Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Distributed by	Loew's Inc.
Release date	August 11, 1939;
Running time	92 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English
Budget	$913,000
Box office	$1,533,000

Lady of the Tropics is a 1939 American drama film directed by Jack Conway, starring Robert Taylor, Hedy Lamarr, and Joseph Schildkraut.

Plot edit

While visiting French Indochina with his girlfriend and her family on her father's yacht, freeloading American playboy Bill Carey falls in love with Manon DeVargnes, a beautiful, local woman of mixed race background he meets in Saigon. Manon is also being romantically pursued by local businessman Pierre Delaroch. Bill eventually marries Manon. When Bill is unable to find employment in Saigon, Delaroch secretly arranges to have Bill employed by his company.

Cast edit

Cropped still of Hedy Lamarr from the trailer for the film.

Robert Taylor as Bill Carey
Hedy Lamarr as Manon DeVargnes
Joseph Schildkraut as Pierre Delaroch
Gloria Franklin as Nina
Ernest Cossart as Father Antoine
Mary Taylor as Dolly Harrison
Charles Trowbridge as Alfred Z. Harrison
Frederick Worlock as Colonel Demassey
Paul Porcasi as Lamartine
Marguerita Padula as Madame Kya
Cecil Cunningham as Countess Berichi
Natalie Moorhead as Mrs. Hazlitt

Reception edit

According to MGM records, the film made $1,042,000 in the US and Canada and $491,000 elsewhere, resulting in a profit of $99,000.^[1]

Bibliography edit

Barton, Ruth. Hedy Lamarr: The Most Beautiful Woman in Film. University Press of Kentucky, 2010.
Marchetti, Gina. Romance and the "Yellow Peril": Race, Sex, and Discursive Strategies in Hollywood Fiction. University of California Press, 1993.