White Cargo (1929)

Directed by

J. B. Williams

Genre

drama film

Country

United Kingdom

Runtime

1h 28m

Rating

8.0 of 10 from 1 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

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The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.

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How it feels

A British drama from the early sound era. Most of the film uses a synchronized musical score and sound effects with only a few scenes featuring audible dialogue. The story unfolds at a measured, theatrical pace.

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What happens

White Cargo is a 1930 sound part-talkie British drama film directed by J.B. Williams and starring Leslie Faber, John F. Hamilton and Maurice Evans. While the film has a few sequences with audible dialog, the majority of the film featured a synchronized musical score with sound effects. The majority of the film was photographed at Twickenham Studios, while the talking sequences were filmed at Whitehall Studios, Elstree which was wired for sound recording. A Hollywood production, by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, White Cargo 1942, stars Hedy Lamarr and Walter Pidgeon. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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