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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 ...
Robert Taylor plays a playboy who falls in love with a half-caste woman in French Indochina, but faces legal and social obstacles. IMDb provides cast and crew information, user and critic reviews, trivia, and more for this film.
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- Drama
- Jack Conway, Leslie Fenton
- 1939-08-11
Robert Taylor and Hedy Lamarr star as a playboy and his Eurasian wife in Saigon, who face danger and prejudice in this classic film. Watch the trailer, read reviews, and learn more about the cast and crew of Lady of the Tropics.
- Jack Conway, Leslie Fenton, Al Shenberg
- Robert Taylor
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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
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.
Read user reviews of the 1939 film starring Hedy Lamarr and Robert Taylor as a half-caste woman and a playboy in Saigon. The film is based on the opera Manon Lescaut and follows a tragic love story.
Jan 24, 2019 · 1939 film: Lady of the Tropics (1939) Release date: Aug. 11, 1939. Cast: Robert Taylor, Hedy Lamarr, Joseph Schildkraut, Mary Taylor, Ernest Cossart, Gloria Franklin, Charles Trowbridge, Frederick Worlock, Cecil Cunningham, Natalie Moorhead, Willie Fung (uncredited), Charles Judels (uncredited) Studio: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer.
