God's Country and the Woman (1937)

Director:

William Keighley

Writers:

James Oliver Curwood (novel)
Peter Milne (story) ...

Release Date:

16 January 1937 (USA)

Genre:

Drama | Romance

Plot:

Jefferson Russett runs a logging company; his brother, Steve, is the prodigal son. Jeff cuts off his allowance and puts him to work...

Plot Keywords:

Logging Camp | Run Out Of Gas | Contract | Secret Identity | Fistfight

Cast

George Brent	...	Steven 'Steve' Russett, aka Steve Martin
Beverly Roberts	...	Jo Barton
Barton MacLane	...	Bullhead
Robert Barrat	...	Jefferson 'Jeff' Russett
Alan Hale	...	Bjorn Skalka (as Allan Hale)
Joe King	...	Red Munro (as Joseph King)
El Brendel	...	Ole Olson
Addison Richards	...	Harry Gaskett
Roscoe Ates	...	Gander Hopkins
Billy Bevan	...	Plug Hat, aka 'Cookie'
Joseph Crehan	...	Jordan
Bert Roach	...	Kewpie
Victor Potel	...	Turpentine, a Logger (as Vic Potel)
Mary Treen	...	Miss Flint, Secretary
Herbert Rawlinson	...	Mr. Doyle

Runtime:

85 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English | French

Color:

Color (Technicolor)

Aspect Ratio:

1.37 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono

Certification:

Finland:K-16 | USA:Approved (PCA #2357)

Filming Locations:

Hollywood Gorge, Toutle, Washington, USA

Company:

Warner Bros. Pictures

Trivia:

The following actors were in studio records and/or casting call lists, with their character names, but were not seen in the movie: Eily Malyon (Mrs. Higginbottom), Georgette Rhodes (French Teletype Operator), Robert Bell (French Messenger), Don Downen (Messenger), Eddy Chandler (Logger) and Ben Hendricks Jr. .

Movie Connections:

Version of God's Country and the Law (1921)

OK of its kind; great color

George Brent is a ne'er-do-well who learns to be a man in logging country. Beverly Roberts is the head of a logging company Brent goes to work for, and he predictably falls for her, although God knows why. Roberts has the personality of a mackerel, and hair to boot. Some rousing action sequences, and a dilly of a fight between two competing logging gangs at the finale. Great early use of Technicolor. These logging films were a staple of Hollywood from the silent era right into the 1950s, when they finally fell out of favor as films finally went outside for good. The closest we've had to one of these flicks in recent years was FIRE FROM THE SKY, which used the backdrop of a remote logging operation to tell the story of a supposed UFO abduction. Legendary character actors Laird Cregar and Alan Hale provide solid support to the dashing and debonair Mr. Brent, who had a very long career in Hollywood and continued to act until the year before his death, in 1979. Today, interestingly, he is forgotten.