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    Lady of the Tropics

    1939 · Drama · 1h 32m

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  1. 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 ...

  2. Lady of the Tropics: Directed by Jack Conway, Leslie Fenton. With Robert Taylor, Hedy Lamarr, Joseph Schildkraut, Gloria Franklin. Playboy Bill Carey woos a half-caste beauty in French Indochina, but her second-class legal status makes a formidable barrier.

    • (648)
    • Drama
    • Jack Conway, Leslie Fenton
    • 1939-08-11
  3. Lady of the Tropics - (Original Trailer) An American playboy (Robert Taylor) in Saigon has to fight to get his Eurasian wife (Hedy Lamarr) out of the country in Lady of the Tropics (1939).

    • Jack Conway, Leslie Fenton, Al Shenberg
    • Robert Taylor
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  5. Lady of the Tropics. Biracial beauty Manon De Vargnes (Hedy Lamarr) wants to get out of Saigon, Vietnam, but because of her half-caste status, she finds it impossible to obtain a passport.

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    • Jack Conway
    • Drama
    • Robert Taylor
  6. Lady of the Tropics. Summaries. Playboy Bill Carey woos a half-caste beauty in French Indochina, but her second-class legal status makes a formidable barrier. A party of yachting jet-setters visit French Saigon, where they meet lovely Manon deVargnes, a second-class citizen not allowed to leave the country due to her part-Oriental ancestry.

  7. The film received an Oscar nomination for best black and white cinematography. "Lady of the Tropics" (1939) has a good storyline, excellent acting, exotic tropical sets, beautiful costumes, and superb cinematography. This is an underrated film, and it should be released on DVD. Highly recommended.

  8. American playboy Bill Carey (Robert Taylor) falls madly in love with Manon, but both have their crosses to bear: she is affianced to an Indochinese prince, and he is unable to secure a passport to bring her back to the United States.

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