THE HOWARDS OF VIRGINIA (SOUS-TITRES FRANAIS) [IMPORT]

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• Release Year: 1940
• Genre: Drama
• Plot: With its straightforward retelling of events leading up to the American Revolution, The Howards of Virginia is a standard slice of patriotism from Hollywood's golden age. Adapted by noted screenwriter Sidney Buchman from Elizabeth Page's 1939 bestseller Tree of Liberty, this colonial melodrama is notorious for saddling Cary Grant with one of his most ill-fitting roles, and it's true that Grant's 20th-century style clashes with his portrayal of buckskinned rebel Matt Howard. Still, his performance is far from being 'really bad' (as critic Pauline Kael harshly opined), and Martha Scott brings tenacious dignity to her role as Howard's pragmatic wife, who defies her aristocratic family to join her new husband in the wilderness of Ohio. The stirrings of rebellion clash with some thankfully outmoded Hollywood clichés (such as Howard's initial rejection of his mildly disabled son), but overall this remains a respectable and altogether engaging historical adventure, encompassing the early career of Thomas Jefferson and noteworthy for its meticulous attention to period detail. --Jeff Shannon
• Cast: Cary Grant, Martha Scott, Cedric Hardwicke, Alan Marshal, Richard Carlson, Paul Kelly, Irving Bacon, Elisabeth Risdon, Anne Revere, Tom Drake, Phil Taylor, Rita Quigley, Libby Taylor, Richard Gaines, George Houston, Ralph Byrd, Dickie Jones, Buster Phelps, Wade Boteler, Mary Field, Roy Gordon, Charles Francis, Conrad Binyon, Terry Moore, Lane Chandler, Peter Cushing, Vernon Downing, Eddie Dunn, Sarah Edwards, Tom Fadden, Joe Farey, Leon Farey, John Gallaudet, Jesse Graves, June Hedin, Leyland Hodgson, J. Anthony Hughes, Brandon Hurst, Olaf Hytten, Boyd Irwin, Claude King, Alan Ladd, Richard Lyon, Jason Robards Sr., Virginia Sale, Pat Somerset, Rafael Storm, Emmett Vogan, Eddy Waller, Dick Wessel, James Westerfield, Dan White, Frank Lloyd
• Director: Frank Lloyd
• Runtime: 1:55
• Company: Columbia Pictures
• Media Format: Movie