Movie Details
Theatrical Release:May 30th, 1952
Original Language:English
Production Companies:20th Century Fox
Cast & Crew
K
Kenneth Roberts
Novel
M
Michael Blankfort
Writer
P
Philip Dunne
Writer
J
Jules Schermer
Producer
H
Hugo Friedhofer
Music
Lydia Bailey (1952)
Movie"Lydia Bailey ... is Haiti, Voodoo and Passion !"
Audience Score
A young Boston lawyer, Albron Hamlin, goes to Haiti in 1802 to find Lydia Bailey, whose estate he must settle. The island is war-torn in the strife between Toussaing L'Overture, the black president, and the French who are trying to retake possession of the country. Hamlin finds Lydia and, against the background of war and rebellion, they fall in love while helping the Haitians against the French.
DirectorJean Negulesco
WritersMichael BlankfortPhilip Dunne
