Growing up in the world of theater, he saw not only acting up close but the downtoearth business end as well, progressing from a page. The younger rains followed, making his stage debut at the age of eleven in nell of old drury. It was based on a 1912 novel by ida vera simonton called hells playground, then a 1923 play called white cargo and a 1930 british film. Guide to classic car terminology classic car restoration club. Martin calls her a flying warehouse and, considering that the old mars alone carried nearly thre million pounds of cargo on 78 round trips between alameda and honolulu, the advent of the hawaii mars and her 19 sister ships looms as a vitally important assist for the naval air transport service engaged in the mission of delivering the. The ninth wasp cv18 was laid down as oriskany on 18 march 1942 at quincy, mass.
White cargo 1942 has been added to your cart add to cart. Official films newsreel 1941 vol 2 douglas xb19 bomber. Cargo supersedes the genre by putting the drama squarely on its two central charactersa dad and the helpless child on his back. Official films was a home movie distributor founded by leslie winik in 1939 to produce educational. Cargo feature film raising awareness of sex trafficking.
The soviet union launched sputnik 1 into earths orbit in october 4, 1957. The scenes of charlotte, greta, and friends at lake wannsee were obviously modeled after menschen am sonntag people on sunday a black and white silent film created in 1930 by curt and robert siodmak. White cargo 1942 was a adventure drama film directed by richard thorpe and produced by victor saville. He gets involved in a plot to smuggle young women out to the middle east. Miniver, starring greer garson and walter pidgeon, opens at radio city music hall in new york, in what will become a recordbreaking 10week run. William clark gable february 1, 1901 november 16, 1960 was an american film actor, often referred to as the king of hollywood. The strongest aspect of the film is the cinematography by daniella nowitz, its blackandwhite images lending a painterly quality to the narrative that at times makes live cargo seem mythic. There had been rapid growth of passenger traffic, especially overseas traffic, and strenuous efforts were. William claude rains, born in the clapham area of london, was the son of the british stage actor frederick rains. Media in category 1942 in film the following 3 files are in this category, out of 3 total.
The oncenotorious theatrical chestnut white cargo was toned down for public consumption in this 1942 mgmized adaptation the property had been previously filmed in england in 1929. The sign that describes the first africans in virginia. Frederic remington, off the range coming through the rye, model 1902, cast 1903, bronze, corcoran collection museum purchase, 2014. Staring oscar polk, darby jones, leigh whipper and hedy lamarr. Nevertheless, by the seventh and final dive they had completed the survey from bow to stern, including the rudder and propellers. Precious cargo follows adoptees from vietnam in search of their history and culture in their homeland, visiting orphanages and maternity hospitals and revisiting the history of operation baby lift. You can tell a film is intending to deliver a message when its press release includes a litany of damning statistics. For lentz, the film s most memorable feature was the aircraft the american pilots flew the p40 tomahawk. A cargo of 18,500 lb 8,392 kg could be loaded straight from flat trucks into the aircraft through large fuselage doors.
In cargo, from firsttime feature filmmakers and codirectors ben howling and yolanda ramke, the time it takes to turn from normal to romero monster is. Record group 77 17891996 overview of records locations table of contents 77. From the three great white star line olympic class liners built, it was only the rms olympic that ended up to have a long and a successful life, even having serving as a trooper during wwi. White cargo 1942 a particularly sweaty take on the familiar native temptress in the jungle tale, white cargo 1942 marked a successful attempt at image transformation for international film star hedy lamarr as tondelayo, the halfegyptian, sarongclad femme fatale with broken english who spells doom for her white male costars. Release date 1973 broadcast details last repeat sunday 26th january 2020 at 2. Records of the office of the chief of engineers oce. The team also planned to film and photograph the wreck in order to create a 3d reconstructiona huge under taking, given their limited bottom time. White cargo pictures and photo gallery check out just released white cargo pics, images, clips, trailers, production photos and more from rotten tomatoes pictures archive. The documentary also features interviews with the pilot of the first flight and the pioneering adoptive parents of the 1970s who began a movement that has redefined the american family by embracing. Until 1942, rail, river, and air were the only way to get to whitehorse, but in 1942 the us military decided an interior road would be safer to transfer troops and provisions between alaska and the us mainland and began construction of the alaska highway. That was in january, 1943, when president franklin d. Manifest destiny and the west national gallery of art. American and australian officials at port moresby asked for volunteers from engineer units there. Albert is a bumbling civil servant, who dreams that he is a bondlike secret agent.
Journalist klein, cofounder of vox, formerly of the washington post, msnbc, and bloomberg, reminds readers that political commentators in the 1950s and 60s denounced republicans and democrats as tweedledum and tweedledee. August 8 walt disneys animated film bambi opens in united kingdom. White cargo wikipedia, the free encyclopedia white cargo 1942 is a film starring hedy lamarr and walter pidgeon and released by metrogoldwynmayer. He reported to the heavy cruiser astoria ca34 on the morning of 18 january 1942 at pearl harbor, hawaii. She gained attention from the film industry after starring in gustav machatys. The term is often thrown around loosely, and even owners of mustangs, cougars, camaros, firebirds, challengers and cudas, like to claim they have muscle cars although technically these cars are considered pony cars by definition. Filming for cargo started last month in southern australia, and today september 23 martin told the sydney morning herald a little more about the movie and his character andy, a man who has. The picture above shows the restored merlin engine of a spitfire called blue peter which crashed on 23rd may 1942 in the galloway hills picture shown courtesy of dumfries and galloway aviation museum where the engine is on display. The film was central to the advancement of modern cinema in germany. The station, crash, and hotel in the fictional rivereine were actually filmed at acquigny, approximately 60 miles northwest of paris. A sharp explanation of how american politics has become so discordant. These adverbs were originally used with respect to the containersuperstructure, which was specially manufactured. They landed being treated as human cargo captured by the white.
Albert toddey jason, who daydreams of being a james bond type secret agent, recalls in flashback how he came to be a government employee with a position of responsibility. Watch white cargo full movie good quality larissa heuer. Under the hood was the roadproven 201 lhead, straightsix engine. Sold in may1922 to det bergenske dampskibsselskab, bergen, renamed canis and used in the companys cargo service between the south and north of norway. Her role as tondelayo in white cargo saw the actress dressed in bandeau tops. The 1942 movie chronicled the exploits of a band of maverick american fighter pilots battling the japanese over the skies of south china. Watch white cargo full movie 1942 video dailymotion. He tells the story of a lovehate triangle involving harry witzel, an incountry station superintendent whod seen it all, langford, a new manager sent from england for a fouryear stint, and. Hedy lamarr as tondelayo in white cargo 1942 lobby card mgm very sexy. However, the type could not compete in performance with, and was much less powerful than current aircraft and as there was no other interest in the design both aircraft were scrapped in 1945. Released 1942, white cargo stars hedylamarr, walterpidgeon, richardcarlson, frankmorgan the movie has a runtime of about 1 hr 30 min, and received a score of out of 100 on metacritic, which.
Simonton sued gordon and the courts found in her favor, with the result that the credits for the hollywood film acknowledge both novel and play while using the title of gordons play. More sullen than sexy, hedy lamarr stars as tondelayo, the libidinous african native girl who nearly drives rubberplantation manager langford richard carlson. Photographic copy of photograph from original 4 x 5 black. Yet, she tends to be the forgotten ship, which is due to the great tragedy that sadly befell the titanic on april 14, 1912 that overshadowed both the. Pidgeon is great fun, yelling his way through the entire movie at every little thing that annoys him. According to pca records, the legion of decency placed the picture in its c or condemned class, and the film was banned in singapore and trinidad because of its racial implications and taboo relationship. Whitehurst served as a junior watch and division officer in. Recently we told you about cargo, the zombie film starring fargo star martin freeman. Joe hargatay is a police detective who works just for the fun of it, investigating a murder that leads him into a dangerous underground world of drugs, models, models as escorts, asian and italian. Its just a shame he didnt have a bit part in the ben affleck movie argo. Uss wasp cv cva cvs 18 essex class aircraft carrier us navy.
At an african rubber plantation established by the english. Overview of white cargo, 1942, directed by richard thorpe, with hedy lamarr, walter pidgeon, frank morgan, at turner classic movies. With hedy lamarr, walter pidgeon, frank morgan, richard carlson. After the completion of the illinois central railroad, fugitives were shipped north on the river before being transferred to railroad lines headed toward chicago. Cargo is a lebanese short film directed by karim rahbani. Cast and crew credits for white cargo, 1942, directed by richard thorpe, with hedy lamarr, walter pidgeon, frank morgan, at turner classic movies. Row of liberty ships in various stages of completion. Roosevelt flew to casablanca aboard a boeing model 314 clipper.
The history of how this spitfire crashed and how the engine was located and recovered is told in the information sheets that you can see here above the engine. It is an indisputable fact that the central group of operation highjump were evacuated by the burton island icebreaker from the bay of whales on 22 february 1947. After unloading her stateside cargo at pearl, the21. Landing ship, tank lst, or tank landing ship, is the naval designation for ships first developed during world war ii 19391945 to support amphibious operations by carrying tanks, vehicles, cargo, and landing troops directly onto shore with no docks or piers. In september 1944, dwellers of richmondarea houseboats endured natures wrath as the. At the dawn of 1942, america had just become involved in the global conflict.
White cargo 1942 richard thorpe, hedy lamarr, walter. With david jason, hugh lloyd, imogen hassall, tim barrett. With liberals and conservatives in both parties, they complained, voters lacked a true. The romanticized white male cowboy may dominate visual media, but in the late 19th century onequarter of cowboys were black, and american indians, mexicans, latinos, and women also held those jobs.
Nov 12, 2017 hedy lamarr, considered the most beautiful woman in the world during the 1940s and 50s, was also a brilliant scientist who pioneered an invention that paved the way for modern technologies. White cargo connu aussi sous le titre tondelayo a ete tourne par richard thorpe en 1942. Distributed by metrogoldwynmayer mgm and dramatized by guy trosper from a story written by nedrick young, the film is about a young man sentenced to prison for manslaughter who is mentored in music by his prison cellmate who realizes his musical. More impressive, it builds an incredible amount of tension with hardly any dialogue. Read the full synopsis of white cargo, 1942, directed by richard thorpe, with hedy lamarr, walter pidgeon, frank morgan, at turner classic movies. The story takes place at a british plantation in africa where tondelayo entices all the brits, especially harry witzel. Rogers had arrived at pearl on 17 may 1942, and indeed this was fortunate, as few ships at that time had the crane capacity for unloading planes and heavy cargo at the dock at midway. Honolulu international welcomed its first regularly schedule jumbo jet flight on march 3, 1970, with a dedication program for the new diamond head gull wing terminal, one of the worlds first airport facilities specially designed to handle the boeing 747. This subverts any expectations when it comes to stories taking place in the. Photographic copy of photograph from original 4 x 5 black and white print in the army port contractors completion report at the engineering office, oakland army base, california. Hedy lamarr, considered the most beautiful woman in the world during the 1940s and 50s, was also a brilliant scientist who pioneered an invention. White cargo 1942 cast and crew an english magistrate walter pidgeon warns a colonial newcomer richard carlson about a dark temptress hedy lamarr in west africa. White cargo also known as alberts follies is a 1973 british comedy film directed by ray selfe and starring david jason and imogen hassall.
Site index ssmaritime for a world of classic passenger. Photographic copy of photograph from original 4 x 5. Released by metrogoldwynmayer, it is based on the 1923 london and broadway hit play by leon gordon, which was in turn adapted from the novel hells playground by ida vera simonton. More than a century and a half later, in june 1998, cairo city workers discovered what appeared to be storage bins under the sidewalk along the 600 block of levee street. More sullen than sexy, hedy lamarr stars as tondelayo, the libidinous african native girl who nearly drives rubberplantation manager langford richard carlson to ruin and madness. The scenes immediately before the crash were shot on the track heading south from acquigny. In late august 1619, now believed to be on august 25th, the first ship carrying 20 and odd enslaved africans arrived at point comfort in virginia, where fort monroe is today. By definition the muscle car was a midsize 2door sedan with a large performance engine. The majority of white cargo, however, concerns felicity kendals childhood, touring around india with her parents rep it is clear however that she thinks back with great fondness to the series, and it is obvious that all the cast members had great fun making it. Jailhouse rock is a 1957 american musical drama film directed by richard thorpe and starring elvis presley, judy tyler, and mickey shaughnessy.
Despite warnings from his superior weston leslie faber. Vpnavy naval air transport service history summary page. Jul 08, 2014 after completion of testing the xb19 served as a cargo carrier until scrapped at tucson in 1949. White cargo 1942 stream and watch online moviefone. White cargo 1942 cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more. A young and handsome maurice evans stars as langford, the wimpish naif who arrives in africa to take charge of a rubber plantation.
Story of the spitfire called blue peter which crashed near. Cairo, illinois death by racism legends of america. In december 1942, port moresby had tanks needed by the allied ground forces at buna, but no one was available to unload the tanks under heavy fire and then defend the cargo until consignee troops could take them over. The music, culture and cuisine of the island is authentically rendered. Williams 1929, lun des tous premiers films parlants britanniques film aujourdhui perdu. The first flight of the bell p59 aircomet, americas first jet aircraft, was not until october 1, 1942.
He had roles in more than 60 motion pictures in a wide variety of genres during a career that lasted 37 years, three decades of which was as a leading man. White cargo 1942 in wwii africa, an irresistible native beauty preys on the affections of the men who struggle to survive life on a remote jungle plantation. White cargo on dvd 888574388515 from allied vaughn. Roughly ten years later leon gordon allegedly ripped off aspects of the novel for his successful 1923 play white cargo. The play had already been made into a british parttalkie, also titled white cargo, with maurice evans in 1929.
White cargo 1942 free download in africa early in world war ii, a british rubber plantation executive reminisces about his arrival in the congo in 1910. White cargo is a american film directed by richard thorpe, starring hedy lamarr and walter pidgeon media in category white cargo 1942 film the following 11 files are in this category, out of 11 total. Photograph taken january 28, 1942 by unknown photographer. Coal mines traces the amazing technological advances that have led to todays extremely efficient methods of mining this resource from the earth. Viewers familiar with the exotic if toneddown 1942 mgm film version of leon gordons lurid stage play white cargo might be surprised to discover that the property was previously filmed in england in 1929. New film celebrates the remarkable life of hedy lamarr. California shipbuilding corporation, wilmington, california. White cargo is a 1942 film directed by richard thorpe and starring hedy lamarr and walter pidgeon. The entire 2,500 km 1,553 mi project was accomplished between march and november 1942. The idea of a circuitous route returning to rivereine was not part of the original script, but was improvised to. Martin freeman stars in a zombie movie with a beating heart.