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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 ...
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Recently viewed. 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.
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- Drama
- Jack Conway, Leslie Fenton
- 1939-08-11
A classic film about an American playboy in Saigon who tries to save his Eurasian wife from deportation. Starring Robert Taylor, Hedy Lamarr, and Bill Carey, this film is a classic example of the genre and a rare treat for fans of the genre.
- 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.
Lady of the Tropics is a wonderful love story that of course ends in tragedy. Robert Taylor is a playboy living of the good graces of many socialite girls and their families. He travels in style to the Orient and comes across Manon (Hedy Lamarr) who is a half-caste, being born to a French father and an island woman.
NR 08/11/1939 (US) Romance , Drama 1h 32m. User. Score. Play Trailer. Hedy Lamarr set the world aflame with her beauty in "Algiers" ! Now you see her in the arms of a dashing Bob Taylor ! Overview. Playboy Bill Carey woos a half-caste beauty in French Indochina, but her second-class legal status makes a formidable barrier. Jack Conway. Director.
