White Cargo

Because of the miscegenation aspects of the play (Tondelayo was a black woman), it was on the Production Code Administraiton's "condemned" list of sources not to be considered. A big outcry was heard after the British film, based on the same sources, was released in New York in March, 1930, because it was deemed to violate the spirit of the Hays decree. MGM hired playwright Leon Gordon to adapt his play for the screen; he changed Tondelayo's parentage to half Egyptian and half Arab, and it was eventually given an approved certificate. Still, the movie was placed on the Legion of Decency's condemned list, and the film was banned in Singapore and Trinidad because of its racial implications.

The main story is framed as a flashback of events recounted by Mr. Worthing, who only arrived on the scene at the end of the main story. Presumably, he learned of the earlier events from Witzel and/or The Doctor, but some of the action seen during the flashback was not witnessed by either of those two characters.

Edited into Hollywood: The Dream Factory (1972)