Wednesday, August 25, 2010

Tobacco Movies: Bright Leaf




On tonight at midnight on Turner Classic Movies. Says Wikipedia: Bright Leaf is a 1950 film drama based on a 1949 novel by Foster Fitzsimmons. It stars Gary Cooper, Patricia Neal and Lauren Bacall, directed by Michael Curtiz.
The works derive their name from the type of tobacco grown in North Carolina after the American Civil War. Loosely based on the rivalry of tobacco tycoons Washington Duke and George McElwee, Bright Leaf follows tenant farmer Brant Royle, who returns home after his family is driven from its farm by tobacco baron Major Singleton ... Continued

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