Bright Leaf (1950)
Country: US
Technical: bw 110m
Director: Michael Curtiz
Cast: Gary Cooper, Lauren Bacall, Patricia Neal, Thurston Hall, Donald Crisp
Synopsis:
An old feud between tobacco magnates plays out against the backdrop of automation, as Brant Royle prepares to flood the market with his cigarettes. Meantime, two women wait for him to make the right choice, one of them his competitor's daughter.
Review:
Coop and Neal's second movie together (after The Fountainhead) was a less happy one, a typical Warners biopic-inflected drama in which his co-stars are less than note-perfect (Bacall plays the saloon girl with the heart and one wonders if they would have been better switching roles). It is given an 'A' list score and cinematography, and a bitter ending, showing that revenge is bad for the soul and money never bought happiness. Despite Curtiz's flair for holding things together, the magic just ain't there.
Country: US
Technical: bw 110m
Director: Michael Curtiz
Cast: Gary Cooper, Lauren Bacall, Patricia Neal, Thurston Hall, Donald Crisp
Synopsis:
An old feud between tobacco magnates plays out against the backdrop of automation, as Brant Royle prepares to flood the market with his cigarettes. Meantime, two women wait for him to make the right choice, one of them his competitor's daughter.
Review:
Coop and Neal's second movie together (after The Fountainhead) was a less happy one, a typical Warners biopic-inflected drama in which his co-stars are less than note-perfect (Bacall plays the saloon girl with the heart and one wonders if they would have been better switching roles). It is given an 'A' list score and cinematography, and a bitter ending, showing that revenge is bad for the soul and money never bought happiness. Despite Curtiz's flair for holding things together, the magic just ain't there.
Country: US
Technical: bw 110m
Director: Michael Curtiz
Cast: Gary Cooper, Lauren Bacall, Patricia Neal, Thurston Hall, Donald Crisp
Synopsis:
An old feud between tobacco magnates plays out against the backdrop of automation, as Brant Royle prepares to flood the market with his cigarettes. Meantime, two women wait for him to make the right choice, one of them his competitor's daughter.
Review:
Coop and Neal's second movie together (after The Fountainhead) was a less happy one, a typical Warners biopic-inflected drama in which his co-stars are less than note-perfect (Bacall plays the saloon girl with the heart and one wonders if they would have been better switching roles). It is given an 'A' list score and cinematography, and a bitter ending, showing that revenge is bad for the soul and money never bought happiness. Despite Curtiz's flair for holding things together, the magic just ain't there.