Of course, when you put Albert Zugsmith and Hugo Haas together as producer and director, you aren't going to end up with something approaching GONE WITH THE WIND. Hell, you're not even going to end up with anything as good as FRANKENSTEIN MEETS THE WOLFMAN.
Julie London is beautiful, but incredibly miscast as a woman with some African heritage passing for white. Even with black hair and a suntan, she was one of the WHITEST women around. It's not for nothing that she later played a character named "Dixie" on TVs EMERGENCY.
But hang on here! For those who would scoff and say that this movie is unrealistic, I've got a piece of news for you. It's based on a TRUE STORY! The whole thing is told in a book called "LOVE ON TRIAL : an American scandal in black and white" by Earl Lewis and Heidi Ardizzone. Lots of this stuff really happened, including the young wife having to bare her flesh before the Judge to see just how "colored" her nipples were.
Unlike the movie, however, in the end, the young husband wimped out and divorced the woman, caving in to his rich father's demands. Money talks.
Too bad.
Julie London is beautiful, but incredibly miscast as a woman with some African heritage passing for white. Even with black hair and a suntan, she was one of the WHITEST women around. It's not for nothing that she later played a character named "Dixie" on TVs EMERGENCY.
But hang on here! For those who would scoff and say that this movie is unrealistic, I've got a piece of news for you. It's based on a TRUE STORY! The whole thing is told in a book called "LOVE ON TRIAL : an American scandal in black and white" by Earl Lewis and Heidi Ardizzone. Lots of this stuff really happened, including the young wife having to bare her flesh before the Judge to see just how "colored" her nipples were.
Unlike the movie, however, in the end, the young husband wimped out and divorced the woman, caving in to his rich father's demands. Money talks.
Too bad.
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