Cass Timberlane
| Cass Timberlane | |
|---|---|
 Theatrical poster | |
| Directed by | George Sidney |
| Produced by | Arthur Hornblow, Jr. |
| Written by |
Sinclair Lewis (Novel) Donald Ogden Stewart (Adaptation) Sonya Levien (Adaptation) |
| Starring |
Spencer Tracy Lana Turner Zachary Scott |
| Music by | Roy Webb |
| Cinematography | Robert Planck |
| Edited by | John Dunning |
| Distributed by | MGM (1947, original) Warner Bros. (2010, DVD) |
Release dates |
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Running time | 119 mins. |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $2,733,000[1] |
| Box office | $5,186,000[1] |
Cass Timberlane is a romantic drama film starring Spencer Tracy, Lana Turner and Zachary Scott, directed by George Sidney, and released in 1947. It was based on the 1945 novel Cass Timberlane: A Novel of Husbands and Wives by Sinclair Lewis, which was Lewis' nineteenth novel and one of his last.
Plot
Former Congressman and now Judge Cass Timberlane is a middle-aged, incorruptible, highly respected man who enjoys good books and playing the flute. He falls for Jinny, a much younger girl from a lower class in his small Minnesota town. At first, the marriage is happy, but Jinny becomes bored with the small town and with the judge's friends. She leaves him for an affair with a lawyer, Timberlane's boyhood friend. Eventually abandoned by her lover, Jinny returns to her husband and becomes the good wife. The novel is Lewis' examination of marriage, love, romance, heartache and trust.
Cast
- Spencer Tracy as Cass Timberlane
- Lana Turner as Virginia "Jinny" Marshland
- Zachary Scott as Bradd Criley
- Tom Drake as Jamie Wargate
- Mary Astor as Queenie Havock
- Albert Dekker as Boone Havock
- Margaret Lindsay as Chris Grau
- Rose Hobart as Diantha Marl
- John Litel as Webb Wargate
- Mona Barrie as Avis Elderman
- Josephine Hutchinson as Lillian Drover
- Selena Royle as Louise Wargate
- Frank Wilcox as Gregg Marl
- Richard Gaines as Dennis Thane
- John Alexander as Dr. Roy Drover
- Cameron Mitchell as Eino Roskinen
- Howard Freeman as Hervey Plint
- Griff Barnett as Herman
Reception
Though it received tepid critical reviews, the film was a box office hit, earning $3,983,000 in the US and Canada and $1,203,000 elsewhere, but because of its high production cost, it only returned a profit of $746,000.[1][2]
Radio adaptation
Cass Timberlane was presented on Theatre Guild on the Air February 15, 1953. The one-hour adaptation starred Fredric March and Nina Foch.[3]
Cultural references
Wolcott Gibbs spoofed the novel in The New Yorker as "Shad Ampersand."
DVD
Cass Timberlane was released to DVD by Warner Home Video on July 6, 2010 via Warner Archives as a DVD-on-demand disc available through Amazon.
References
- 1 2 3 The Eddie Mannix Ledger, Los Angeles: Margaret Herrick Library, Center for Motion Picture Study.
- ↑ "Top Grossers of 1948", Variety 5 January 1949 p 46
- ↑ Kirby, Walter (February 15, 1953). "Better Radio Programs for the Week". The Decatur Daily Review. p. 42. Retrieved June 21, 2015 – via Newspapers.com.
Further reading
- Monder, Eric (1994). George Sidney:a Bio-Bibliography. Greenwood Press. ISBN 9780313284571.
External links
- Cass Timberlane at the Internet Movie Database
- Cass Timberlane at AllMovie
- Cass Timberlane at Rotten Tomatoes