Lydia Bailey (1952)
Lydia Bailey ... is Haiti, Voodoo and Passion !
89 min
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.
- Release date
- May 30, 1952
- Country of origin
- United States
Cast
- Dale Robertson as Albion Hamlin
- Anne Francis as Lydia Bailey
- Charles Korvin as Col. Gabriel D'autremont
- William Marshall as King Dick
- Luis Van Rooten as General Charles LeClerc
- Adeline De Walt Reynolds as Mme. Antoinette d'Autremont
- Angos Perez as Paul d'Autremont
- Robert Evans as Soldier
- Roy Glenn as Mirabeau
- Bill Walker as General LaPlume
Crew
- Jean Negulesco · Director
- Kenneth Roberts · Writer
- Michael Blankfort · Writer
- Philip Dunne · Writer
- Jules Schermer · Producer
- Hugo Friedhofer · Composer
- Harry Jackson · Cinematographer
- Dorothy Spencer · Editor