Bright Leaf

Bright Leaf

Infobox_Film
name = Bright Leaf


imdb_id = 0042285
producer = Henry Blanke
director = Michael Curtiz
writer = Ranald MacDougall
starring = Gary Cooper
Lauren Bacall
Patricia Neal
music = Victor Young
cinematography = Karl Freund
editing = Owen Marks
distributor = Warner Bros.
released = July 2, 1950
runtime = 110 min.
language = English

"Bright Leaf" is a 1949 novel written by Foster Fitzsimmons, which was adapted into a 1950 film by Henry Koster and starring Gary Cooper and Lauren Bacall. The works derive their name from the type of tobacco grown in North Carolina after the American Civil War.

Plot

Loosely based on the rivalry of tobacco tycoons Washington Duke and George McElwee, "Bright Leaf" follows tenant farmer Brant Royle (Gary Cooper) who returns home after his family is driven from their farm by fellow farmer Major Singleton (Donald Crisp). Royle and Singleton battle each other for their respective empires.

Legacy

The film, one of many epic melodramas produced by Hollywood at the time, was widely forgotten after its first theatrical release in 1950. "Bright Leaf" found new life in 2003, when it played prominently in the documentary "Bright Leaves", by filmmaker Ross McElwee, a descendant of the man whose life was reflected in both the novel and film.

Cast

Gary Cooper "as" Brant Royle
Lauren Bacall "as" Sonia Kovac
Patricia Neal "as" Margaret Jane Singleton
Jack Carson "as" Chris Malley
Donald Crisp "as" Major Singleton
Gladys George "as" Rose
Elizabeth Patterson "as" Tabitha Singleton
Jeff Corey "as" John Barton
Cleo Moore "as" Cousin Louise


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