White Woman (1933)

A nightclub singer marries the rich owner of a rubber plantation. When she returns with him to his estate in Malaysia, she finds out that he is cruel, vicious and insanely jealous. She and ... See full summary »

Director:

Stuart Walker

Writers:

Samuel Hoffenstein (screenplay), Gladys Lehman (screenplay),

Stars:

Carole Lombard, Charles Laughton, Charles Bickford

Cast

Complete credited cast:
Carole Lombard	...	Judith Denning
Charles Laughton	...	Horace H. Prin
Charles Bickford	...	Ballister
Kent Taylor	...	David von Elst
Percy Kilbride	...	Jakey
James Bell	...	Hambly
Charles Middleton	...	Fenton (as Charles B. Middleton)
Claude King	...	C.M. Chisholm
Ethel Griffies	...	Mrs. Chisholm
James Dime	...	Vaegi
Marc Lawrence	...	Connors

Storyline

A nightclub singer marries the rich owner of a rubber plantation. When she returns with him to his estate in Malaysia, she finds out that he is cruel, vicious and insanely jealous. She and the plantation's overseer develop a mutual attraction, but are terrified at what will happen if her husband finds out.

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Plot Keywords:

rubber | africa | jealousy | racism | jungle

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Genres:

Drama

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Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

10 November 1933 (USA)

Also Known As:

Den Vita Kvinnan

Company Credits

Production Co:

Paramount Pictures

Technical Specs

Runtime:

68 min

Sound Mix:

Mono (Western Electric Noiseless Recording)

Color:

Black and White

Aspect Ratio:

1.37 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

One of over 700 Paramount productions, filmed between 1929 and 1949, which were sold to MCA/Universal in 1958 for television distribution, and have been owned and controlled by Universal ever since.

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Connections

Featured in Street Without End (1934)

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Soundtracks

"Yes, My Dear"
Music by Harry Revel
Lyrics by Mack Gordon
Performed by Carole Lombard (dubbed by Mona Lowe)

User Reviews

WOW!

They don't make them like this anymore. A lurid jungle picture with a fallen woman (the gorgeous LOMBARD)forced to sing in an interracial cafe after her husband commits suicide. No one in the African jungle British community wants anything to do with her. The British are there tearing up the jungle for the rubber plants and building huge rubber plantations. Rumor is her husband killed himself over her cheating ways. She's miserable and salvation comes along in the guise of Charles Laughton playing Horace Prin, the "King Of The River" - he's the richest rubber plantation owner in the jungle and he likes what he sees in Lombard. They marry, she's now rich but she's nothing more than one thing he owns and she begins to realize that he is obsessively jealous and insane and cruel. Laughton is amazing. A brilliant actor (from Witness For The Prosecution, Advise & Consent, Mutiny On The Bounty) who is capable of hamming it up for the sake of ham (Island Of Lost Souls, un-released Caligula)this is the hammiest performance I've ever seen but it is also so entertaining. He has a field day destroying any worker who dares to look at his new bride. What a hoot!!!