Tobacco Road (1941)
Country: US
Technical: bw 84m
Director: John Ford
Cast: Charley Grapewin, Elizabeth Patterson, Dana Andrews, Gene Tierney, William Tracy
Synopsis:
The carefree existence of a family of Georgia hillbillies is put into jeopardy when the bank forecloses on them in order to set the land to more commercial use.
Review:
Ford in hayseed vein, and mighty broad some of it is too in acting and direction, but this film will stand the test of time, as it deals with very progressive ideas about sustainable living and morality. Indeed Tierney positively sizzles on screen in a way that must have turned one or two heads back in 1941. Fortunately there was a war on and no one seemed to mind, especially since she has so little screen time.
Country: US
Technical: bw 84m
Director: John Ford
Cast: Charley Grapewin, Elizabeth Patterson, Dana Andrews, Gene Tierney, William Tracy
Synopsis:
The carefree existence of a family of Georgia hillbillies is put into jeopardy when the bank forecloses on them in order to set the land to more commercial use.
Review:
Ford in hayseed vein, and mighty broad some of it is too in acting and direction, but this film will stand the test of time, as it deals with very progressive ideas about sustainable living and morality. Indeed Tierney positively sizzles on screen in a way that must have turned one or two heads back in 1941. Fortunately there was a war on and no one seemed to mind, especially since she has so little screen time.
Country: US
Technical: bw 84m
Director: John Ford
Cast: Charley Grapewin, Elizabeth Patterson, Dana Andrews, Gene Tierney, William Tracy
Synopsis:
The carefree existence of a family of Georgia hillbillies is put into jeopardy when the bank forecloses on them in order to set the land to more commercial use.
Review:
Ford in hayseed vein, and mighty broad some of it is too in acting and direction, but this film will stand the test of time, as it deals with very progressive ideas about sustainable living and morality. Indeed Tierney positively sizzles on screen in a way that must have turned one or two heads back in 1941. Fortunately there was a war on and no one seemed to mind, especially since she has so little screen time.