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

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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