Bright Road (1953 film)

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Bright Road is a 1953 American drama film notable for starring Dorothy Dandridge as an idealistic schoolteacher working to inspire and support her struggling students in a rural Southern community.

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instanceOf film ⓘ
aspectRatio 1.37:1 ⓘ
basedOn See How They Run (short story) ⓘ
linked to: See How They Run
basedOnAuthor Mary Elizabeth Vroman ⓘ
BelafonteRole Principal Williams ⓘ
blackAndWhite true ⓘ
childProtagonist C.T. Young ⓘ
childProtagonistPortrayedBy Philip Hepburn ⓘ
cinematographyBy Paul Vogel ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States ⓘ
director Gerald Mayer ⓘ
distributedIn theatrical release ⓘ
distributor Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer ⓘ
editedBy Newell P. Kimlin NERFINISHED ⓘ
featuresActor Harry Belafonte ⓘ
filmingProcess 35 mm ⓘ
genre coming-of-age film ⓘ
drama film ⓘ
school drama ⓘ
leadCharacter Jane Richards ⓘ
leadCharacterPortrayedBy Dorothy Dandridge ⓘ
mainCharacterOccupation schoolteacher ⓘ
MPAARating Approved ⓘ
musicBy David Rose ⓘ
notableFor early starring role for Dorothy Dandridge ⓘ
portrayal of African-American schoolchildren and teacher in a positive light ⓘ
originalLanguage English ⓘ
producer Ralph Rosenberg ⓘ
productionCompany Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer ⓘ
releaseDate 1953-04-09 ⓘ
releaseYear 1953 ⓘ
runtimeMinutes 68 ⓘ
screenwriter John Michael Hayes ⓘ
Joseph Petracca ⓘ
setIn rural Southern United States ⓘ
settingType elementary school ⓘ
starred Barbara Ann Sanders ⓘ
Dorothy Dandridge ⓘ
Harry Belafonte ⓘ
Maidie Norman ⓘ
Philip Hepburn ⓘ
Robert Horton ⓘ
targetAudience general audiences ⓘ
theme education ⓘ
overcoming adversity ⓘ
teacher–student relationship ⓘ
timePeriodDepicted early 1950s ⓘ

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