Bright Road

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Bright Road is a 1953 drama film best known for featuring one of Dorothy Dandridge’s early leading screen roles as an inspiring schoolteacher.

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instanceOf film
authorOfSourceWork Mary Elizabeth Vroman NERFINISHED
basedOn See How They Run (short story) NERFINISHED
character C.T. Young NERFINISHED
Jane Richards NERFINISHED
Mr. Williams NERFINISHED
cinematographyBy Paul Vogel NERFINISHED
countryOfOrigin United States of America
surface form: United States
director Gerald Mayer NERFINISHED
distributor Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
editedBy Newell P. Kimlin NERFINISHED
featuresTheme African-American students
education
inspirational teacher
filmingStyle black-and-white
genre Drama
hasColorProcess black-and-white
mainCharacter Jane Richards NERFINISHED
musicBy David Rose NERFINISHED
narrativeFocus African-American schoolteacher
notableFor early leading screen role for Dorothy Dandridge
originalLanguage English
portrays rural Southern African-American community
producer Ralph Fields NERFINISHED
productionCompany Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
publicationDate 1953
releaseDate 1953-05-07
runtime 68 minutes
screenwriter Joshua Logan NERFINISHED
Mary Elizabeth Vroman NERFINISHED
setInPeriod 1950s
starring Anne O’Neal NERFINISHED
Barbara Ann Sanders NERFINISHED
Dorothy Adams NERFINISHED
Dorothy Dandridge NERFINISHED
Harry Belafonte NERFINISHED
Howard McNear NERFINISHED
John Harmon NERFINISHED
Maidie Norman NERFINISHED
Maurice Manson NERFINISHED
Mimi Gibson NERFINISHED
Philip Hepburn NERFINISHED
Robert Horton NERFINISHED
subjectMatter elementary school life
teacher–student relationship
title Bright Road NERFINISHED

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Dorothy Dandridge notableWork Bright Road