Bright Road (1953 film)

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Bright Road is a 1953 American drama film notable for starring Dorothy Dandridge as an idealistic schoolteacher working to inspire and support her struggling students in a rural Southern community.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf film
aspectRatio 1.37:1
basedOn See How They Run (short story)
linked to: See How They Run
basedOnAuthor Mary Elizabeth Vroman
BelafonteRole Principal Williams
blackAndWhite true
childProtagonist C.T. Young
childProtagonistPortrayedBy Philip Hepburn
cinematographyBy Paul Vogel
countryOfOrigin United States
director Gerald Mayer
distributedIn theatrical release
distributor Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
editedBy Newell P. Kimlin NERFINISHED
featuresActor Harry Belafonte
filmingProcess 35 mm
genre coming-of-age film
drama film
school drama
leadCharacter Jane Richards
leadCharacterPortrayedBy Dorothy Dandridge
mainCharacterOccupation schoolteacher
MPAARating Approved
musicBy David Rose
notableFor early starring role for Dorothy Dandridge
portrayal of African-American schoolchildren and teacher in a positive light
originalLanguage English
producer Ralph Rosenberg
productionCompany Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
releaseDate 1953-04-09
releaseYear 1953
runtimeMinutes 68
screenwriter John Michael Hayes
Joseph Petracca
setIn rural Southern United States
settingType elementary school
starred Barbara Ann Sanders
Dorothy Dandridge
Harry Belafonte
Maidie Norman
Philip Hepburn
Robert Horton
targetAudience general audiences
theme education
overcoming adversity
teacher–student relationship
timePeriodDepicted early 1950s

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Dorothy Dandridge performedIn Bright Road (1953 film)