VALUTAZIONE IMDb
6,6/10
1439
LA TUA VALUTAZIONE
Aggiungi una trama nella tua linguaIn 1894, Brant Royle shocks the aristocratic tobacco growers of Kingsmont by planning to mass-produce cigarettes.In 1894, Brant Royle shocks the aristocratic tobacco growers of Kingsmont by planning to mass-produce cigarettes.In 1894, Brant Royle shocks the aristocratic tobacco growers of Kingsmont by planning to mass-produce cigarettes.
- Premi
- 1 vittoria
James Adamson
- Black Peddler
- (non citato nei titoli originali)
John Alvin
- Poker Player
- (non citato nei titoli originali)
Shelby Bacon
- Fauntleroy
- (non citato nei titoli originali)
Walter Bacon
- Man at Tobacco Auction
- (non citato nei titoli originali)
Frank Baker
- Man in Hotel Bar
- (non citato nei titoli originali)
Marshall Bradford
- Farmer
- (non citato nei titoli originali)
Marietta Canty
- Queenie - Sonia's Maid
- (non citato nei titoli originali)
Chick Chandler
- Tobacco Auctioneer
- (non citato nei titoli originali)
Trama
Lo sapevi?
- QuizTo add accuracy to the film, an authentic turn-of-the-century cigarette maker was purchased as a prop.
- BlooperWhen Brant is lying at the bottom of the stairs as the fire begins in Singleton house, the servant runs to him. In a brief shot, we see Brant raising his arm as if he is coming to and beginning to get up, but in the next shot, as the servant reaches him, he is still lying flat as if still knocked out.
- Citazioni
Blacksmith: Say, don't I know you from some place?
Brant Royle: I've never been there.
- ConnessioniFeatured in The Last Cigarette (1999)
- Colonne sonoreOh, Dem Golden Slippers
(uncredited)
Written by James Alan Bland
Played during the Doctor Monaco's Remedy scenes
Recensione in evidenza
Apparently this did not resonate with post war audiences...
... and fortunately I am not a post-war audience because I liked it a great deal.
It's got a pretty familiar outline among melodramas - a man run out of town (Gary Cooper as Brant Royale) by the local king of tobacco Major James Singleton (Donald Crisp), decides to get revenge by backing the development of a cigarette manufacturing machine and grinding Singleton to financial dust. All the while he is entranced by Singleton's daughter Margaret (Patricia Neal), a bloodless creature, while ignoring the girl who has loved him all along, the true blue Sonia (Lauren Bacall).
Its charm is in its casting. Never has Gary Cooper played somebody so unlikeable and so far from the heroic characters he typically played such as Alvin York and Will Kane - the latter character being one he hadn't even portrayed yet. Lauren Bacall balked at playing both the proprietor of a bawdy house AND having a southern accent. The screenwriters thus made her Polish, I guess to explain her rather mild New York accent in a North Carolina setting???
Patricial Neal is a standout. Throughout the piece she moves and stands stiffly, appearing as a mannequin or a music box dancer, only smiling - also stiffly - when she can think of some kind of trouble she can cause. Thus even in movement she is in sharp contrast to straight shooter Sonia. Finally there is Jack Carson - he's a patent medicine salesman who Brant cavalierly makes a partner at the beginning of his entreprises, and he turns out to be a loyal friend. This is something I've noticed about director Michael Curtiz - He certainly knew how to give good roles to and get good performances out of Warner Brothers contract player Jack Carson.
I'd recommend this one. I think it has redeemed itself over time from being the "doomed masterpiece" it was once called.
It's got a pretty familiar outline among melodramas - a man run out of town (Gary Cooper as Brant Royale) by the local king of tobacco Major James Singleton (Donald Crisp), decides to get revenge by backing the development of a cigarette manufacturing machine and grinding Singleton to financial dust. All the while he is entranced by Singleton's daughter Margaret (Patricia Neal), a bloodless creature, while ignoring the girl who has loved him all along, the true blue Sonia (Lauren Bacall).
Its charm is in its casting. Never has Gary Cooper played somebody so unlikeable and so far from the heroic characters he typically played such as Alvin York and Will Kane - the latter character being one he hadn't even portrayed yet. Lauren Bacall balked at playing both the proprietor of a bawdy house AND having a southern accent. The screenwriters thus made her Polish, I guess to explain her rather mild New York accent in a North Carolina setting???
Patricial Neal is a standout. Throughout the piece she moves and stands stiffly, appearing as a mannequin or a music box dancer, only smiling - also stiffly - when she can think of some kind of trouble she can cause. Thus even in movement she is in sharp contrast to straight shooter Sonia. Finally there is Jack Carson - he's a patent medicine salesman who Brant cavalierly makes a partner at the beginning of his entreprises, and he turns out to be a loyal friend. This is something I've noticed about director Michael Curtiz - He certainly knew how to give good roles to and get good performances out of Warner Brothers contract player Jack Carson.
I'd recommend this one. I think it has redeemed itself over time from being the "doomed masterpiece" it was once called.
D’aiuto•30
- AlsExGal
- 29 apr 2023
I più visti
Accedi per valutare e creare una lista video per ottenere consigli personalizzati
- How long is Bright Leaf?Powered by Alexa
Dettagli
- Data di uscita
- Paese di origine
- Lingua
- Celebre anche come
- Bright Leaf
- Luoghi delle riprese
- Carolina del Nord, Stati Uniti(location shooting)
- Azienda produttrice
- Vedi altri crediti dell’azienda su IMDbPro
Botteghino
- Budget
- 1.944.000 USD (previsto)
- Tempo di esecuzione1 ora 50 minuti
- Colore
- Proporzioni
- 1.37 : 1
Contribuisci a questa pagina
Suggerisci una modifica o aggiungi i contenuti mancanti