So Red the Rose (film)

So Red the Rose
Directed by	King Vidor
Written by	Maxwell Anderson Edwin Justus Mayer Laurence Stallings Stark Young (novel)
Starring	Margaret Sullavan
Cinematography	Victor Milner
Edited by	Eda Warren
Distributed by	Paramount Pictures
Release dates	1935 (1935)
Country	United States
Language	English

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

The movie 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
• 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

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 at IMDb
• So Red the Rose at AllMovie
• So Red the Rose at Turner Classic Movies