White Cargo (1942 film screenplay)

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White Cargo (1942 film screenplay) is a 1942 Hollywood drama script, adapted from a stage play, that explores colonial tensions and interracial desire in a British rubber plantation in Africa.

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instanceOf American film
drama film
film
stage play
adaptationOf White Cargo (play)
basedOn White Cargo (play)
blackAndWhite true
censorshipContext Production Code era
characterPortrayedBy Hedy Lamarr
cinematographyBy Harold Rosson
countryOfOrigin United States
director Richard Thorpe
distributedBy Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
editedBy George Boemler
era World War II era Hollywood
filmingStyle studio production
genre drama film
hasTheme exploitation
moral conflict
sexual tension
MPAARating Passed
musicBy Bronislau Kaper
notableCharacter Tondelayo
originalLanguage English
portrays African natives in stereotyped manner
British colonists in Africa
interracial relationships under censorship constraints
producer Sam Zimbalist
productionCompany Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
releaseDate December 1942
releaseYear 1942
runtime 89 minutes
screenplayBy Leon Gordon
Paul Gangelin
screenplayType adapted screenplay
setIn Africa
setOn British rubber plantation
starring Frank Morgan
Hedy Lamarr
Reginald Owen
Richard Carlson
Walter Pidgeon
subject British colonial rule
colonialism
interracial desire
race relations

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Leon Gordon notableWork White Cargo (1942 film screenplay)