Bahama Passage (1941)

A girl, Carol whom the audience is quickly informed "has been around," and her father arrive to take over the business management of an island in the Bahamas owned by Adrian Ainsworth, ... See full summary »

Director:

Edward H. Griffith

Writers:

Nelson Hayes (novel), Virginia Van Upp (screenplay)

Stars:

Madeleine Carroll, Sterling Hayden, Flora Robson

Cast

Cast overview:
Madeleine Carroll	...	Carol Delbridge
Sterling Hayden	...	Adrian Ainsworth
Flora Robson	...	Mrs. Ainsworth
Leo G. Carroll	...	Delbridge
Mary Anderson	...	Mary Ainsworth
Cecil Kellaway	...	Captain Jack Risingwell
Leigh Whipper	...	Morales
Dorothy Dandridge	...	Thalia

Storyline

A girl, Carol whom the audience is quickly informed "has been around," and her father arrive to take over the business management of an island in the Bahamas owned by Adrian Ainsworth, descendant of many ancestors who have handled it over the years to the satisfaction of its 250 native residents. He is married to a woman who stays away from the island because she is lonely when there. Adrian doesn't want Carol or her father there, and they don't want to be there. Romance can't be lurking far behind the beautiful sunset.

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Plot Keywords:

island | sunset | bahamas | desire | heritage | 

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Taglines:

The two most gorgeous humans you've ever beheld - caressed by soft tropic winds - tossed by the tides of love!

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Genres:

Drama | Romance

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Certificate:

Approved

Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

10 December 1941 (USA)

Also Known As:

A Ilha dos Amores

Filming Locations:

Bahamas

Company Credits

Production Co:

Paramount Pictures

Technical Specs

Runtime:

82 min

Sound Mix:

Mono (Western Electric Mirrophonic Recording)

Color:

Color (Technicolor)

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 MCA ever since.

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Goofs

Sterling Hayden's name is misspelled "Stirling" in the opening credits.

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Connections

Referenced in To Wong Foo Thanks for Everything, Julie Newmar (1995)

User Reviews

Breathtakngly Beautiful Film (and the scenery is great too)

Plot synopsis:

Sterling Hayden is a salt farmer on an island in the Bahamas. When his father dies in an accidental fall, it pushes his unstable mother (Flora Robson) over the edge. She believes he was murdered by the natives of the island. She asks to leave the island and takeup residence on another island.

Leo G. Carroll and his daughter Madeline Carroll (no relation) arrive at the island and help them out. Sterling Hayden is married and does not reveal this fact to Madeline Carroll, and she falls in love with him. When she finds out he is married she is upset and feels like a fool for falling for him.

Meanwhile, Flora Robson has gotten Leo G. Carroll worked up and he believes as well that the islanders are out to kill them. In a weak moment he shoots and kills a native boy, and the trouble begins for everyone.

The film was shot on location in the Bahamas and the scenery is breathtakingly beautiful. The film was shot in technicolor and the colors originally must have been bright and vibrant. Watching the movie made me wish I was there.

Madeline Carroll is breathtakingly beautiful in this film. Dressed most of the time in white she gives off a inner glow. Sterling Hayden will surely make female hearts flutter (and a few men too) he seems to spend the better portion of the film shirtless.

The supporting cast is good and able. Mary Anderson plays Hayden's wife, though she appears in only one brief scene. Dorothy Dandridge appears as a maid in this film, early in her career, and is only in a few scenes.

This film is still under copyright and is not available on VHS or DVD. If you can get a copy of this film I suggest you watch it. The scenery and the cast alone make it worth while.