Bright Leaf (1950)

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Bright Leaf, a sprawling saga of the tobacco industry in North Carolina, began as a novel by Foster Fitzsimmons, a native Carolinian who for many years taught at the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill's theatre department. The film version of Bright Leaf has been simplified and reshaped to… More Bright Leaf, a sprawling saga of the tobacco industry in North Carolina, began as a novel by Foster Fitzsimmons, a native Carolinian who for many years taught at the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill's theatre department. The film version of Bright Leaf has been simplified and reshaped to serve as a traditional Gary Cooper vehicle. Cooper stars as tenant farmer Brant Royle, who after being driven from his home town by autocratic tobacco tycoon Major Singleton (Donald Crisp) returns in triumph with a revolutionary cigarette-making machine. Royle's streamlined techniques soon drive Singleton out of business. Margaret Singleton (Patricia Neal), Royle's old flame, agrees to marry him to save her father from ruin--whereupon the Major commits suicide. The vengeful Margaret then does everything she can to destroy Royle. The question remaining: can Brant Royle save himself and find ultimate happiness with his true love, Sonia Kovac (Lauren Bacall)? Also appearing in Bright Leaf are Jack Carson as Royle's flamboyant business partner Chris Malley and Jeff Corey as John Barton, the inventor of the "miracle" cigarette-making apparatus. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi

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Rating, Runtime: Unrated, 1 hr. 50 min.
Directed By: Michael Curtiz
Genres: Drama, Romance

Studio: Unknown

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Cast

            Gary Cooper as Brant Royle

            Lauren Bacall as Sonja Kovac

            Jack Carson as Chris Malley

            Patricia Neal as Margaret Jane Singleton

            Donald Crisp as Maj. James Singleton

            Gladys George as Rose

            Elizabeth Patterson as Tabitha Jackson

            Jeff Corey as John Barton

            Taylor Holmes as Lawyer Calhoun

            Thurston Hall as Phillips

            Marietta Canty as Queenie

            William Walker as Simon

            Shelby Bacon as Fauntleroy

            Marshall Bradford as Farmer

            Chick Chandler as Tobacco Auctioneer

            Boyd Davis as Official

            Elzie Emanuel as Black Boy

            Pat Flaherty as Farmer

            Pat Goldin as Cousin Arthur

            James Griffith as Ellery

            Pete Kellett as Farmer's Son

            Leslie Kimmell as Hopkins

            Lyle Latell as Clay

            Celia Lovsky as Dressmaker

            Cleo Moore as Cousin Louise

            Paul Newlan as Blacksmith

            John M. Pickard as Devers

            Nita Talbot as Cousin Theodora

            Chalky Williams as Sheriff

            James Adamson as Black Peddler

            Ira Buck Woods as Black Peddler
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