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Mandalay is a american film of genre Drama directed by Michael Curtiz released in USA on 10 february 1934 with Kay Francis
Mandalay (1934)
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Add to a movie listMandalay is a 1934 American Pre-Code drama film directed by Michael Curtiz and written by Austin Parker and Charles Kenyon based on a story by Paul Hervey Fox. The film stars Kay Francis, Ricardo Cortez, Warner Oland and Lyle Talbot, and features Ruth Donnelly and Reginald Owen.
The film is about a world-weary woman (Francis) nicknamed "Spot White" at the local brothel-bar who does what she can to survive. Curtiz used cutting edge wipes and opticals in the film. Future child star Shirley Temple won a small role in the film as the daughter of the Donnelly and Littlefield characters but the role was little more than a walk-on. Originally, her name was not listed in the credits but only included years later.
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Tanya Borodoff est une réfugiée russe abandonnée, sans le sou, à Rangoon, par son amant, Tony Evans. Ce dernier entre en contact avec Nick, un propriétaire de boîte de nuit, qui lui propose une affaire de trafic d'armes. Pour subsister, Tanya se produit dans le cabaret de Nick, sous le nom de Spot White…Actors
Kay Francis
(Tanya Borodoff aka Spot White / Marjorie Lang)
Ricardo Cortez
(Tony Evans)
Warner Oland
(Nick)
Lyle Talbot
(Dr. Gregory Burton)
Lucien Littlefield
(George Peters)
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