White Cargo

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White Cargo is a 1942 Hollywood drama film best known for starring Hedy Lamarr in one of her most iconic and controversial roles.

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White Cargo canonical 3
White Cargo (1942 film) 2

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Predicate Object
instanceOf film
basedOn novel "Hell's Playground"
play "White Cargo"
linked to: White Cargo (play)
basedOnAuthor Idwal Jones
Leon Gordon
castMember Bramwell Fletcher
Clyde Cook
Frank Morgan
Hedy Lamarr
linked to: Hedy Kiesler Markey

Henry O'Neill
Laraine Day
Leo G. Carroll
Reginald Owen
Richard Carlson
Walter Pidgeon
censorshipContext Hollywood Production Code
character Dennis Carson
Skipper Horn
Tondelayo
cinematographer Harold Rosson
colorProcess black-and-white
countryOfOrigin United States
director Richard Thorpe
distributor Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
editor Frank E. Hull
era Golden Age of Hollywood
format 35 mm film
genre drama
hasControversialElements racial stereotypes
sexualized depiction of African woman
leadActor Hedy Lamarr
linked to: Hedy Kiesler Markey

Walter Pidgeon
musicBy Bronislau Kaper
Herbert Stothart
narrativeTheme colonial exploitation
destructive romance
notableFor iconic role of Hedy Lamarr as Tondelayo
originalLanguage English
portrays interracial attraction under Hollywood Production Code constraints
producer Pandro S. Berman
productionCompany Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
productionStudioLot MGM Studios
linked to: MGM
releaseYear 1942
runtimeMinutes 89
screenwriter Leon Gordon
setIn Africa
British colony
title White Cargo

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Hedy Lamarr notableWork White Cargo
Leon Gordon workedOn White Cargo (1942 film)
linked to: White Cargo
White Cargo title White Cargo
White Cargo (play) hasAdaptation White Cargo (1942 film)
linked to: White Cargo
White Cargo (play) hasTitle White Cargo