Laddie (1940 film)
| Laddie | |
|---|---|
 Lobby card | |
| Directed by | Jack Hively |
| Produced by |
Cliff Reid executive Lee Marcus |
| Screenplay by |
Jerome Cady Bert Granet |
| Based on |
Laddie, A True Blue Story by Gene Stratton-Porter |
| Starring | Tim Holt |
| Music by | Roy Webb |
| Cinematography | Harry J. Wild |
| Edited by | George Hively |
| Distributed by | RKO Radio Pictures |
Release date |
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Running time | 70 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
Laddie is a 1940 American drama film directed by Jack Hively with Tim Holt in the title role.
It was based on Gene Stratton-Porter's novel, Laddie, A True Blue Story (1913), and previously had been filmed by RKO Pictures in 1935.[2][3]
Plot
Farmer son Laddie Stanton falls in love with the daughter of the man who just bought the land next door, Pamela Pryor. Her father is a vicious old Englishman, and isn't at all happy with the prospect of having Laddie as a son-in-law.
Pamela tries to make Laddie get another profession, to please her father and be able to continue their relation. Laddie is very upset and regards Pamela's plead as disrespectful. Laddie's sister, Sister, decides to help the. couple out.
Later, Mr. Pryor's dishonored son Robert, arrives on a visit. The Stanton family takes him in when his father doesn't, and Sister starts scheming how to use this to their advantage. When she tells Mr. Pryor that his son is staying with them, the old man is furious and goes to visit the family. He learns that Robert is ill and therefore was discharged from the British Army. Understanding that he was wrong about his son, Mr. Pryor forgives him and also warms to Laddie.
Pamela then apologizes to Laddie for trying to change him and they are reconciled.[4]
Cast
- Tim Holt as Laddie Stanton
- Virginia Gilmore as Pamela Pryor
- Joan Carroll as Sister Stanton
- Spring Byington as Mrs. Stanton
- Robert Barrat as Mr. John Stanton
- Miles Mander as Mr. Pryor
- Esther Dale as Sarah, the Housekeeper
- Sammy McKim as Leon Stanton
- Joan Leslie as Shelley Stanton
- Martha O'Driscoll as Sally Stanton
- Rand Brooks as Peter Dover
- Mary Forbes as Mrs. Anna Pryor
- Peter Cushing as Robert Pryor
Production
The title character of Laddie is modeled after Stratton-Porter's deceased older brother, Leander, to whom she gave the nickname of Laddie. Stratton-Porter's brother drowned in the Wabash River on July 6, 1872, when he was a teenager. As in Stratton-Porter's own family, Laddie is connected with the land and identifies with Stratton-Porter's father's vocation of farming. The novel on which the film is based was published in 1913.[5]
Virginia Gilmore was borrowed from Sam Goldwyn.[6] Filming started 1 June 1940.[7]
References
- ↑ "Laddie: Detail View". American Film Institute. Retrieved April 13, 2014.
- ↑ Richard Jewell & Vernon Harbin, The RKO Story. New Rochelle, New York: Arlington House, 1982. p153.
- ↑ Eric Grayson (Winter 2007). "Limberlost Found: Indiana's Literary Legacy in Hollywood". Traces of Indiana and Midwestern History. Indianapolis: Indiana Historical Society. 19 (1): 42–47. Retrieved July 17, 2017.
- ↑ "Laddie (1940) - Overview - TCM.com". Turner Classic Movies.
- ↑ Judith Reick Long (1990). Gene Stratton-Porter: Novelist and Naturalist. Indianapolis: Indiana Historical Society. p. 45. ISBN 0871950529. See also: Pamela J. Bennett, ed. (September 1996). "Gene Stratton-Porter" (PDF). The Indiana Historian. Indianapolis: Indiana Historical Bureau: 3–4. Retrieved July 21, 2017.
- ↑ New Producers Plan to Film 'Burro Alley': Douglas to Do 'Skylark' 'Letter' Cast Stellar Brown May Join U.A. Hayward, R.K.O. in Deal Welles to Reveal Opus Schallert, Edwin. Los Angeles Times (1923-Current File) [Los Angeles, Calif] 25 May 1940: 14.
- ↑ NEWS OF THE SCREEN: Ann Sheridan Gets Role Opposite Gary Cooper in 'Life of John Doe' -- 'Flying Angels' Opens Here Of Local Origin By DOUGLAS W. CHURCHILL. New York Times (1923-Current file) [New York, N.Y] 25 May 1940: 23.