Lady of the Tropics
US (1939): Drama/Romance
Jack Conway directs a Ben Hecht script about a party of yachting jet-setters who visit French Saigon, where they meet lovely Manon deVargnes (Hedy Lamar), a second-class citizen not allowed to leave the country due to her part-Oriental ancestry. When the others leave, playboy Bill Carey (Robert Taylor) stays behind to woo Manon; but all his efforts to get her out of the country with him run into a brick wall. And Pierre Delaroch (Joseph Schildkraut), her wealthy former admirer, waits for him to give up... (MGM) (IMDb)
1 nomination
· Cinematography (Black and White) 1939: Norbert Brodine