Playboy Bill Carey woos a half-caste beauty in French Indochina, but her second-class legal status makes a formidable barrier.Playboy Bill Carey woos a half-caste beauty in French Indochina, but her second-class legal status makes a formidable barrier.Playboy Bill Carey woos a half-caste beauty in French Indochina, but her second-class legal status makes a formidable barrier.
Marguerita Padula
- Madame Kya
- (as Margaret Padula)
Leon Belasco
- Assistant to Manager
- (uncredited)
Abner Biberman
- Wardrobe Buyer
- (uncredited)
Gino Corrado
- Waiter
- (uncredited)
Vernon Downing
- Ship Passenger
- (uncredited)
Willie Fung
- Ling
- (uncredited)
Charles Halton
- Manager of Rubber Company
- (uncredited)
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- Writers
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Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaThe American Film Institute Catalog of Feature Films 1931-1940 states that this was Hedy Lamarr's last film under her MGM contract; it was her first. AFI also adds that Mary Taylor was signed to a long-term MGM contract as a result of her work in this picture; in fact, she would be seen in only four feature films in her entire career, and only one more of them, Blossoms in the Dust (1941) would be made at MGM.
- Quotes
Bill Carey: Father... Father, help us.
Father Antoine: My son, she goes where there is no east or west. And she will be judged by one who alone knows how great or how little were her sins.
- ConnectionsFeatured in From the Ends of the Earth (1939)
- SoundtracksEach Time You Say Goodbye (I Die A Little)
(1939)
Music by Phil Ohman
Lyrics Foster Carling
Sung by Gloria Franklin (uncredited) (dubbed by Harriet Cruise (uncredited))
Featured review
You can't go wrong watching a film with two of the most beautiful Hollywood actors of the late 30s – Robert Taylor and Hedy Lamarr in "Lady of the Tropics". Not only do we have these physically gorgeous people the photography in this film is exceptional, an d director Jack Conway was always successful when handling as film whose central character was a woman (e.g., Libeled Lady, Red-Headed Woman, The Girl from Missouri).
Some may find the film a bit slow, though the script by Ben Hecht is certainly adequate. But Hecht and Conway were far better in different genres, so the current film never really rises above the line.
Some may find the film a bit slow, though the script by Ben Hecht is certainly adequate. But Hecht and Conway were far better in different genres, so the current film never really rises above the line.
- drjgardner
- Jun 9, 2016
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- Release date
- Country of origin
- Languages
- Also known as
- Flor del trópico
- Filming locations
- Cambodia(cambodia)
- Production company
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- Budget
- $913,000 (estimated)
- Runtime1 hour 32 minutes
- Color
- Aspect ratio
- 1.37 : 1
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