
Charming Ceylon
1930-11-25 · 8 min · ★ 8.0
This Traveltalk series short takes the viewer to the island nation when it was still a British crown colony and the name Sri Lanka was 40 years in the future.
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- Directors
- James A. FitzPatrick
- Production companies
- Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
- Countries
- United States of America
- Status
- Released
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