Driftwood (1947 film)

Driftwood
Directed by	Allan Dwan
Produced by	Allan Dwan
Written by	Mary Loos; Richard Sale
Starring	Ruth Warrick; Walter Brennan; Dean Jagger; Charlotte Greenwood; Natalie Wood
Music by	Nathan Scott; Cy Feuer
Cinematography	John Alton
Edited by	Arthur Roberts
Production; company	Republic Pictures
Distributed by	Republic Pictures
Release date	September 15, 1947;
Running time	88 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English

Driftwood is a 1947 drama film produced and directed by Allan Dwan and starring Natalie Wood as a little orphan girl who adopts a collie. The movie also stars Ruth Warrick, Walter Brennan, Dean Jagger and Charlotte Greenwood.

Cast

Ruth Warrick as Susan Moore
Walter Brennan as Murph
Dean Jagger as Dr. Steve Webster
Charlotte Greenwood as Mathilda
Natalie Wood as Jenny Hollingsworth
Jerome Cowan as Mayor Snyder
H. B. Warner as Rev. J. Hollingsworth / "Grandpappy"
Margaret Hamilton as Essie Keenan
Hobart Cavanaugh as Judge Beckett
Francis Ford as Abner Green
Alan Napier as Dr. Nicholas Adams
Howland Chamberlain as Hiram Trumbell
James Bell as Sheriff Bolton
Teddy Infuhr as Lester Snyder
James Kirkwood as Rev. MacDougal
Ray Teal as Clem Perkins
Zeke Holland as Blaine Perkins

Critical response

On February 1, 2018, Richard Brody of The New Yorker praised Driftwood as an "electrifying, eccentric masterwork" from director Allan Dwan, a film that has a "near-journalistic devotion to detail" and "both typifies and expands Dwan’s core inspiration: his dramatization of a thick tangle of social connections and conflicting lines of power and passion that seemingly bring the town itself to life along with its individual characters." Brody also commented that the character of Jenny Hollingsworth is "one of the most idiosyncratic and original child characters I’ve seen in a Hollywood movie".^[1]

Restoration

A new restoration of Driftwood by Paramount Pictures, The Film Foundation, and Martin Scorsese was screened at the Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) on February 2, 2018. The screening was part of the museum's program of showcasing 30 restored films from the library of Republic Pictures curated by Scorsese.^[2]

References

↑ Brody, Richard (1 February 2018). "An Eccentric Masterwork Unearthed in Martin Scorsese's MOMA Series". The New Yorker. Condé Nast. Retrieved 6 February 2018.
↑ "Martin Scorsese Presents Republic Rediscovered: New Restorations from Paramount Pictures" (PDF). MoMA Press. The Museum of Modern Art. Retrieved 15 January 2018.

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[1] Brody, Richard (1 February 2018). "An Eccentric Masterwork Unearthed in Martin Scorsese's MOMA Series". The New Yorker. Condé Nast. Retrieved 6 February 2018.

[2] "Martin Scorsese Presents Republic Rediscovered: New Restorations from Paramount Pictures" (PDF). MoMA Press. The Museum of Modern Art. Retrieved 15 January 2018.