Red Dust
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- This article concerns the 1932 film. For the 2004 film, see Red Dust (2004 film).
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| Directed by | Victor Fleming |
| Produced by | Hunt Stromberg Irving Thalberg |
| Written by | Play: Wilson Collison Screenplay: John Lee Mahin |
| Starring | Clark Gable Jean Harlow Gene Raymond Mary Astor |
| Distributed by | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer |
| Release date(s) | October 22, 1932 |
| Running time | 83 minutes |
| Country |  United States |
| Language | English |
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Red Dust is an American 1932 romantic drama film directed by Victor Fleming.[1] The picture is the second of six movies Clark Gable and Jean Harlow made together. It was produced during the Pre-Code era of Hollywood.
In 2006, Red Dust was selected for preservation in the United States National Film Registry by the Library of Congress as being "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant".
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[edit] Plot
Conditions are spartan on Dennis Carson's (Clark Gable) Indochina rubber plantation during a dusty dry monsoon. The latest boat upriver brings Carson an unwelcome guest: Vantine (Jean Harlow), a floozy from Saigon, hoping to evade the police by a stay upcountry.
Carson, initially uninterested, soon succumbs to Vantine's charms; that is, until Gary Willis (Gene Raymond), ill with malaria, and his attractive wife Barbara (Mary Astor) show up.
[edit] Cast
- Clark Gable as Dennis Carson
- Jean Harlow as Vantine Jefferson
- Gene Raymond as Gary Willis
- Mary Astor as Barbara Willis
- Donald Crisp as Guidon
- Tully Marshall as "Mac" McQuarg
- Forrester Harvey as Limey
- Willie Fung as Hoy
[edit] Adaptations
The movie was remade in 1953 as Mogambo, this time set in Africa rather than Indochina, with Ava Gardner in the Harlow role and Grace Kelly playing Astor's part. Clark Gable returned, twenty-one years later, to play the same character.
[edit] Footnotes
- ^ Red Dust at the Internet Movie Database.
