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Affair in Trinidad (1952)

Director(s) Vincent Sherman
Producer(s) Rita Hayworth (uncredited), Vincent Sherman, Virginia Van Upp (uncredited)
Top Genres Crime, Drama, Film Noir, Musical, Mystery, Thriller/Suspense
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Affair in Trinidad Overview:

Affair in Trinidad (1952) was a Drama - Film Noir Film directed by Vincent Sherman and produced by Rita Hayworth, Vincent Sherman and Virginia Van Upp.

SYNOPSIS

The Gilda pairing of Hayworth and Ford reunite for a steamy tropical tale. When a sexy cafe dancer's husband is murdered by an international spy, the local police ask her to snoop into the spy's affairs. But temperatures really rise when her brother-in-law arrives and they are drawn into the mystery and to each other.

(Source: available at Amazon AMC Classic Movie Companion).

Academy Awards 1952 --- Ceremony Number 25 (source: AMPAS)

AwardRecipientResult
Best Costume DesignJean LouisNominated
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Affair in Trinidad BlogHub Articles:

Affair in Trinidad (1952)

By Beatrice on Oct 1, 2015 From Flickers in Time

Affair in Trinidad Directed by Vincent Sherman Written by Oscar Saul and James Dunn; story by Virginia Van Upp and Berne Giler 1952/USA Columbia Pictures Corporation/The Beckworth Corporation First viewing/Netflix rental The story, a mash-up of Gilda and Notorious, falls rather flat.  Not so Rit... Read full article

Affair in Trinidad (1952)

By Angela on Jul 9, 2012 From Hollywood Revue

For three years, Chris Emery (Rita Hayworth) has been living in Trinidad with her husband Neal.  He’s an artist, she’s a nightclub singer and dancer.  After one of her performances, she comes off stage to find Inspector Smythe (Torin Thatcher) waiting to break the news that her husband... Read full article

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Affair in Trinidad Quotes:

Trinidad Band: [singing] A chick-a-chick boom, a chick-a-chick boom / Announces your in the room with the Trinidad Lady. / A chick-a-chick boom, a chick-a-chick boom / Your ticker goes boom-boom-boom for the Trinidad Lady.
Chris Emery: [singing] It's only that I do what I love and love what I do / Can't help the mad desire that's deep inside of you. / You realize the fault isn't mine, you are to blame / You want what you can't have, and you're just the same.
Chris Emery: Would you like to come in?
Max Fabian: Everything thrives in the tropics, including gossip. It might be better if I didn't.
Max Fabian: If you're waiting for my last words, you've heard them.
Max Fabian: At the risk of dislocating your personality, try to remain calm.
Chris Emery: You're Steve - Domenique told me.
Steve Emery: ..and I know who you are. I read about you in the paper.
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Affair in Trinidad Facts
The production of "Affair in Trinidad" is credited to the Beckworth Corporation, named for Rita Hayworth and her daughter Rebecca Welles, but Beckworth wasn't an actual production company. It was a tax dodge set up by Hayworth and Columbia Pictures president Harry Cohn to allow her fee for the film to be considered a capital gain rather than a salary, and therefore taxed at a lower rate.
In the time period that the story was set, America in fact maintained two naval bases in Trinidad, one at the western peninsula called Chagaramas and the other in the east of the country, called Wallerfield. They were closed in 1962, the year the country gained independence from Great Britain. There is still a lot of evidence of their presence to this day i.e., airstrips, the deep water harbor, and several still-standing buildings. Chagaramas is now host to a thriving boating industry. It is well known in the sailing world as a shelter during the hurricane season, and hundreds of yachts and private craft are anchored there every year. It is considered to be out of the Caribbean's hurricane belt.
Hayworth practiced hard to try and do her own singing, but finally Morris Stoloff hired Jo Ann Greer to dub Rita's voice. Greer and Hayworth worked well together and she later dubbed Rita in "Miss Sadie Thompson" and "Pal Joey".
First full length feature of Alexander Scourby.
The song "Rum and Coca Cola" by The Andrews Sisters was originally a calypso song composed and performed by a Trinidad calypso band in the mid-1940s. At that time the American military maintained two bases in Trinidad. The song is about the soldiers from these bases and how a mother and daughter provided "pleasure" for the "Yankee dollar". Actually, if one walked around Port of Spain - Trinidad's capital city - during this period it was a common sight to see American soldiers and sailors with local women at hotels and bars.
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