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Yacht | Saigon
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The American Film Institute Catalog of Feature Films 1931-1940 tells us that this was Hedy Lamarr's last film under her MGM contract; actually, it was her first. AFI also informs us that Mary Taylor was signed to a long term MGM contract as a result of her work in this picture; actually, she would be seen in a total of only four feature films in her entire career, and only one more of them, Blossoms in the Dust (1941) would be made at MGM.
Leslie Fenton filled in as director for some added scenes when Jack Conway became ill.
This film was a mild success at the box office, earning MGM a profit of $99,000 ($1.78M in 2019) according to studio records.
The distance Bill and Manon traveled by boat from Saigon to Angkor Wat in Cambodia was approximately 300 miles.
This film received its USA television premiere in Los Angeles Friday 9 November 1956 on KTTV (Channel 11); in Hartford CT it first aired 23 January 1957 on WHCT (Channel 18), in Chicago 3 April 1957 on WBBM (Channel 2), in Phoenix 9 June 1957 on KPHO (Channel 5), in Philadelphia 30 June 1957 on WFIL (Channel 6) and in Altoona PA 21 July 1957 on WFBG (Channel 10); in Seattle it was first telecast 17 January 1958 on KING (Channel 5), in San Francisco 5 February 1958 on KGO (Channel 7), and in New York City 29 March 1958 on WCBS (Channel 2).
"Bill Carey: Father... Father, help us. Father Antoine: My son, she goes where there is no east or west. And she will be judged by one who alone knows how great or how little were her sins."
"Pierre Delaroch: Once the Orient has touched your heart, it will never beat in the West again."
