The southerner / Producing Artists presents a Jean Renoir production ; adapted by Hugo Butler ; produced by David L. Loew and Robert Hakim ; direction and screenplay by Jean Renoir ; a United Artists release.
Publisher:
Kino LorberInc.,
Copyright Date:
2016
Description:
1 videodisc (92 min.) : sound, black & white ; 4 3/4 in.
Zachary Scott, Betty Field, J. Carrol Naish, Beulah Bondi, Percy Kilbride, Charles Kemper, Blanche Yurka, Norman Lloyd, Estelle Taylor, Paul Harvey, Noreen Nash, Jack Norworth, Nestor Paiva, Paul Burns, Jay Gilpin, Jean Vanderwilt. From the novel Hold autumn in your hand by George Sessions Perry. Originally released as a motion picture in 1945. Special features: Mastered in HD from 35 mm elements preserved by UCLA Film & Television Archive; "A salute to France" (1944, 35 min.) Directed by Jean Renoir and Garson Kanin, this drama (starring Burgess Meredith) was produced to foster relations with France during wartime; "The River" (1938, 31 min.) According to Renoir, Pare Lorentz's Depression-era documentary had a strong stylistic influence upon The Southerner.
Summary:
The story follows the struggles of an idealistic farmer trying to raise a family and a crop of cotton in the face of extraordinary challenges, both natural and societal.
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