It was after that that I realised that girls weren't just boys with longer hair and prettier legs.

He gets involved in a plot to smuggle young women out to the Middle East.

White Cargo is a 1942 film directed by Richard Thorpe and starring Hedy Lamarr and Walter Pidgeon.Released by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, it is based on the 1923 London and Broadway hit play by Leon Gordon, which was in turn adapted from the novel Hell's Playground by Ida Vera Simonton.

(PW). B. Williams and Arthur Barnes, starring Leslie Faber, Maurice Evans, and Gypsy Rhouma, generated complaints from industry insiders, who felt that its distribution in the U.S. violated the spirit of Hays' decree. She was turned into half-Egyptian and half-"low cast arab". The van reaches it’s destination where Fox meets with his Middle Eastern customers. Facing 14 – 24 Kelvin Court on Kelvin Drive in St. Margaret’s, Twickenham.

Woldingham Station in Woldingham, Surrey.

White Cargo. Several of the sets were recycled from the Peter O'Toole film The Ruling Class (1972) Quotes. Showing all 2 items Jump to: Summaries (2) Summaries. We will mention anyone who helps and give full credit for all location shots received. The Red Mill Club was built at the studio whereas this is the front of La Pigalle Striptease Revue Bar.

Judging by the colour of the painted brickwork to the right, this is Taylor's Wharf.

This is the access road to the works off Arlington Road behind Twickenham Studios and the railway in the background runs between Richmond and St. Margaret's stations with the garages to the right belong to Howmic Court.

. When her husband becomes sick, the doctor gives her some medicine to give him periodically. Albert almost collides with a Woman (Paddy McQueen) before returning to the flat where he finds a notebook taken from the club by Stella.

as concierge. That is not say it is not watchable, it is at a certain time of day and is still a reminder of perhaps more innocent times?, and therefore something you can sit and watch with all the family,while your having an argument about something else. However, Harry suspects what she is trying to do. 77 min It takes all of the efforts of the doctor and Roberts to keep the two men from each other's throats. Heatherden Hall at Pinewood Studios in Iver Heath, Buckinghamshire. He tells the story of a love-hate triangle involving Harry Witzel, an in-country station superintendent who'd seen it all, Langford, a new manager sent from England for a four-year stint, and Tondelayo, a siren of great beauty who desires silk and baubles. Additional … Wilbur Ashley (Bramwell Fletcher) and his boss, Harry Witzel (Walter Pidgeon), have grown to hate each other. The common factor in all these films is, it appears that the director is out to lunch or maybe even gone home all together? In the play, Tondelayo is described throughout as a "negress." The film itself is not an exception in being tedious or embarrassing, in-fact its part of the norm of early 1970s British Comedy Films. | Seen from the terrace of The London Apprentice public house on Church Street, Isleworth, this is a wider view of Bridge Wharf on the right, Taylor's Wharf to the centre and Lion Wharf in the left distance. Forget the plot, this film has one purpose only now and that is as a record of just how lovely Imogen Hassell was.   |  Harry and Langford get off to a bad start, and it only goes downhill from there.

Inevitably, WHITE CARGO is dated and largely unfunny, but as a snapshot of its era it works a treat. If you have any information regarding this film, any of the stills, or even better, some NOW shots please contact us.

Fox follows Albert who hides behind a stack of pallets. Hot Rods & Droids: A George Lucas Profile (Part 3). Inside Twickenham Film Studios in St. Margaret's, Twickenham with the rear of buildings on St. Margaret’s Road in the background. In Gordon's original script this fact was to be revealed at the end, but the censor requested the information be revealed earlier. Inside the building, Albert reads a flyer offering half price entry into the Red Mill Club. Ray Selfe (original story: "Alberts Follies"), Could still be tolerated at the right time, London Film Memorabilia Convention Hammer & Horror Film Day- London, 9 November, Hot Rods & Droids: A George Lucas Profile (Part 3). She obtains poison and makes him drink some of it instead.

Director: Ray Selfe The March 1930 New York release of the 1929 British film, directed by J. Harry forces her to drink the rest of the poison. We are always looking for more location identifications, information, snippets, anecdotes or references.

Views of a lost Soho are shown as the naiive Albert ponders the location of the supposed high-end Gentleman’s club. 28 September 2013

Released by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, it is based on the 1923 London and Broadway hit play by Leon Gordon, which was in turn adapted from the novel Hell's Playground by Ida Vera Simonton.

Is the information and enjoyment enough to donate £10 towards our running costs. 'White Cargo' Reportedly Is Scheduled by Metro as a Hedy Lamarr Vehicle New York Times 17 Apr 1942: 21. The lonely young man makes his way home whilst thinking about his overactive imagination. Albert is a bumbling civil servant, who dreams that he is a Bond-like secret agent. Albert is captured during a bungled escape attempt and is driven from the Grange along with Stella, the Girls, Fosdyke and Chumley. Also appearing in ‘Four in the Morning’, Lion Wharf lies to the top, left of centre. During the van ride, Stella discloses that she is an undercover police officer. Having accompanied Stella home after she tells him about disappearing Girls, Albert runs from her flat when she is kidnapped. Director Ray Selfe. The now demolished building also appears in ‘Hennessy’, ‘Columbo: Dagger of the Mind’, ‘Don’t Open til Christmas’, ‘The File of the Golden Goose’ and ‘Frenzy’. MGM bought the film rights from BIP and hired Gordon to adapt his own play.[2]. New Scotland Yard on Broadway in London SW1.

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Location(s): Buckinghamshire, London.

Roberts reveals that she is not a native, but rather half Egyptian and half Arab, and in spite of his better judgment, reluctantly joins them in holy matrimony. Looking out onto Kelvin Drive from numbers 14 - 24 Kelvin Court. The yard beyond the works is seen in 'The Fiend'. The story takes place at a British plantation in Africa where Tondelayo entices all the Brits, especially Harry Witzel. The Agent creeps up on Albert Toddey (David Jason). The doctor takes Langford away on the Congo Queen for better medical treatment, identifying him as white cargo. Facing 122 St. Margaret’s Road, opposite Amyand Park Road in St. Margaret’s. Despite the warnings from all three of the other men (and perhaps to spite Harry), he eventually succumbs to her charms.

Date: 1973 More by luck than judgment he manages to thwart the baddies and save the day. Facing Twickenham Studios on The Barons in St. Margaret's in Twickenham. View production, box office, & company info, Ray Selfe (screenplay), Did You Know? The Barons, various parts of which appear in several productions including ‘Not So Dusty’, ‘Au Pair Girls’, ‘Emergency’, ‘Breakaway’, ‘Jungle Street’, ‘Strongroom’, 'Witness in the Dark', ‘Double Bunk’, ‘The Ghost Camera’ and ‘Delayed Action’. Two Special Branch investigators loiter outside the Red Mill Club as they keep owner Dudley Fox under surveillance. The Barons with St. Margaret’s Court on the extreme left and properties on St. Margaret’s Road in the right distance. [3] Leon Gordon adapted his own play and Walter Pidgeon was assigned the lead role (which had been played by Gordon in the original stage production).[4]. White Cargo (1942) Plot. Albert Toddey David Jason Stella Imogen Hassall Chumley Hugh Lloyd Fosdyke Tim Barrett Dudley Fox Raymond Cross Harry David Prowse Desiree Sue Bond Special Agent John Barber Jim Stanley Stewart. The car park at Woldingham station on Station Road, Woldingham.

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The film then flashes back to 1910. The British film version followed the play closely. Climbing through bushes, Albert is greeted by a sight of the huge house belonging to Dudley Fox. Originally intended as a vehicle for BBC TV's The Goodies (1970) but they turned it down. More shots of sleazy Soho appear before Albert enters the Red Mill Club where he witnesses an argument between Stella and a Bouncer. Ashley is finally going home, and the boat is also bringing his replacement, Langford (Richard Carlson), for a four-year stint.

After five months, Tondelayo has grown bored of her husband.

In 1930, Gordon sold the film rights to British International Pictures (BIP) for£15,000.

The play had already been made into a British part-talkie, also titled White Cargo, with Maurice Evans in 1930. The company then decided to make a sound version and paid Gordon an extra £10,000 for talking rights. With Season 11 of "Bob's Burgers" underway, we're celebrating the beloved animated comedy's special knack for hilariously parodying well-known TV and movies. [2], In April 1942, MGM announced they would make the film as a vehicle for Hedy Lamarr. Tondelayo's ethnicity was changed for this movie to avoid violating the Motion Picture Production Code. Comedy.

Gunfire, guard dogs barking and sirens sounding preceded the appearance of a Special Agent (John Barber) as he jumps over a wall. In Africa early in World War II, a British rubber plantation executive reminisces about his arrival in the Congo in 1910. Outside Maxim’s Revue Bar on Frith Street W1 with buildings on Shaftesbury Avenue just visible on the extreme right. Trivia. Back on the wharf, Albert swings on a chain, knocking Fox into the river. When asked what he is doing by the Agent, Albert explains meekly that he is walking the dog. For his help in capturing Fox, Albert is rewarded with a job at Scotland Yard .

Leaving the platform, Albert passes through the car park on his way to find the Grange. The production ran from May 18 to early June 1942.

Eamonn C took this view of the station, which doesn't seem to have changed much since 1973. However, when she tries to seduce Harry, he reminds her that she is Mrs. Langford "until death do you part". Flickeringmyth Harry grabs him and forcefully tells him that he will stick around. The film was originally written as a vehicle for The Goodies but the trio pulled out before filming could begin. Different focal length, same street. Walter Pidgeon to Play Role of Witzel in 'White Cargo' With Hedy Lamarr New York Times 30 Apr 1942: 15, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=White_Cargo&oldid=962424696, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License, This page was last edited on 14 June 2020, at 00:10.

The east side of The Barons in St. Margaret’s. Kelvin Drive with The Barons and Twickenham Studios to the right. Inside the house, Albert learns that the owner of the Red Mill Club is a white slaver before discovering Stella and the missing Girls in the cellar.