So Red the Rose (1935)

Directed by

King Vidor

Genre

drama film

Country

United States

Runtime

1h 22m

Rated

NR

Rating

7.7 of 10 from 3 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A southern family faces the upheaval of the Civil War. The story follows their personal struggles and a romance during a time of change.

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What happens

So Red the Rose is a 1935 American drama film directed by King Vidor and starring Margaret Sullavan, Walter Connolly, and Randolph Scott. The Civil War-era romance is based on the 1934 novel of the same name by Stark Young. The film did not enjoy great popularity at the box office. After this film, Civil War films were considered box office poison in Hollywood until Bette Davis and Henry Fonda's performance in 1938's Jezebel, which was a success. This was followed by the overwhelming popularity of Gone with the Wind in 1939, an adaptation of Margaret Mitchell's bestseller of the same name. In February 2020, the film was shown at the 70th Berlin International Film Festival, as part of a retrospective dedicated to King Vidor's career. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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