Lydia Bailey (1952)
Directed by Jean Negulesco
Genres - Action, Adventure |
Sub-Genres - Adventure Drama, Historical Epic |
Release Date - May 30, 1952 (USA - Unknown), May 30, 1952 (USA) |
Run Time - 89 min. |
Countries - United States |
MPAA Rating - NR
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Synopsis by Hal Erickson
Twenty-one-year-old Anne Francis carries off the title-character duties in 20th Century-Fox's Lydia Bailey with class and finesse. Set in Haiti during the Napoleonic era, the film concerns aristocratic landholder Lydia Bailey and her more-than-professional relationship with American attorney Albion Hamlin (Dale Robertson). The idealistic Hamlin becomes involved in the Haitian uprising against the French, aligning himself with rebel leader--and former slave--King Dick (William Marshall). At first, Lydia sides with the French, but she eventually realizes that Hamlin's way is the right way. Based on a novel by Kenneth Roberts, Lydia Bailey was slated for TV presentation on NBC's Saturday Night at the Movies in 1963, but was pulled from the schedule because of a subplot involving miscegenation.
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against-all-odds, allegiance, America, business, business-trip, estate, fiancee, France, freedom, handsome, island, jungle, lawyer, leader, maid, owner, plantation, rebel, revolution, son, sympathy, takeover, trip, troops, war
