Red Dust

Red Dust (1932 film)

Red Dust is a 1932 American pre-Code romantic drama film directed by Victor Fleming, and starring Clark Gable, Jean Harlow, and Mary Astor. It is based on the 1928 play of the same name by Wilson Collison, and was adapted for the screen by John Mahin. Red Dust is the second of six movies Gable and Harlow made together. More than 20 years later, Gable starred in a remake, Mogambo (1953), with Ava Gardner starring in a variation on the role Harlow played and Grace Kelly playing a part similar to one portrayed by Astor in Red Dust.

Red Dust (1990 film)

Red Dust is a 1990 drama film directed by Ho Yim. A Hong Kong-Taiwanese co-production, the film follows the life of an independent-minded woman writer during the Japanese occupation who falls in love with a man collaborating with the Japanese.

Dust

Dust is made of fine particles of solid matter. On Earth, it generally consists of particles in the atmosphere that come from various sources such as soil lifted by wind, volcanic eruptions, and pollution.

Red

Red is the color at the long wavelength end of the visible spectrum of light, next to orange and opposite violet. It has a dominant wavelength of approximately 625–750 nanometers. It is a primary color in the RGB color model and a secondary color in the CMYK color model, and is the complementary color of cyan. Reds range from the brilliant yellow-tinged scarlet and vermillion to bluish-red crimson, and vary in shade from the pale red pink to the dark red burgundy.

red

Noun

1. The color of the setting sun, blood, and strawberries; the color which is evoked by the longest visible wavelengths (between about 625–740 nm), and a primary additive color.
2. A revolutionary socialist or (most commonly) a Communist; a Bolshevik, a supporter of the Bolsheviks in the Russian Civil War.

Adjective

1. Of a red hue.
2. Having an orange-brown or orange-blond colour; ginger.

dust

Noun

1. Fine particles.

Verb

1. To remove dust from.
2. To remove dust; to clean by removing dust.