So Red the Rose (film)

So Red the Rose is a 1935 drama film directed by King Vidor and starring Margaret Sullavan. The Civil War-era romance is based on the 1934 novel of the same name by Stark Young.

The film did not enjoy great popularity at the box office. Afterward Civil War films were considered box office poison in Hollywood until Bette Davis and Henry Fonda's performance in 1938's Jezebel, which was a success. This was followed by the overwhelming popularity of Gone with the Wind in 1939, an adaptation of Margaret Mitchell's bestseller of the same name.

Primary cast

• Margaret Sullavan - Valette Bedford, a plantation mistress
• Walter Connolly - Malcolm Bedford, a planter and Valette's father
• Randolph Scott - Duncan Bedford, a planter, Valette's distant cousin who lives with her family
• Janet Beecher - Sally Bedford
• Harry Ellerbe - Edward Bedford, Valette's brother
• Robert Cummings - Archie Pendleton, Edward's friend from Texas
• Clarence Muse - Cato, a slave field hand
• Daniel L. Haynes - William Veal, a slave house servant
• Elizabeth Patterson - Mary, Valette's cousin
• Suzette Harbin - Belle (uncredited)

References

• Andre Sennwald, "King Vidor's Screen Version of the Stark Young Novel 'So Red the Rose' at the Paramount," The New York Times, November 28, 1935.
• Rodriguez, Junius P. Encyclopedia of Slave Resistance and Rebellion. Greenwood milestones in African American history. Westport, Conn: Greenwood Press, 2007. ISBN 0-313-33271-1

External links

• So Red the Rose at the American Film Institute Catalog
• So Red the Rose on IMDb
• So Red the Rose at AllMovie
• So Red the Rose at Turner Classic Movies
• a discussion with Charles Woods - Slave Rebellion in the Movies