Chad Hanna
| Chad Hanna | |
|---|---|
 Film poster | |
| Directed by | Henry King |
| Produced by | Darryl F. Zanuck |
| Screenplay by | Nunnally Johnson |
| Based on |
Red Wheels Rolling (1940) by Walter D. Edmonds[1] |
| Starring |
Henry Fonda Dorothy Lamour Linda Darnell |
| Music by | David Buttolph |
| Cinematography |
Ernest Palmer (American cinematographer) Ray Rennahan |
| Edited by | Barbara McLean |
| Distributed by | Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation |
Release dates | December 25, 1940 |
Running time | 88 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
Chad Hanna is a 1940 Technicolor film directed by Henry King, and was adapted from a bestseller of sorts that was published that same year. The novel was written by Walter Dumaux Edmonds (after it had first been published in serial form in the Saturday Evening Post under the title "Red Wheels Rolling".) It stars Henry Fonda and Dorothy Lamour.[2]
Plot summary
In the 1840s Chad Hanna (Henry Fonda), a New York country boy working along the canal in Canastota, New York, joins a travelling Huguenine circus. He falls in love with beautiful bareback rider Albany Yates (Dorothy Lamour), but she spurns him. Chad Hanna then finds himself attracted to another runaway, country girl Caroline Tridd Hanna (Linda Darnell). Though everybody assumes that the boy is slow on the uptake, Chad Hanna manages to save the circus from financial ruin.[3]
Cast
- Henry Fonda as Chad Hanna
- Dorothy Lamour as Albany Yates
- Linda Darnell as Caroline Tridd Hanna
- Guy Kibbee as AD Heunine
- Jane Darwell as Mrs. Bettina Huguenine
- John Carradine as Bisbee
- Ted North as Fred Shepley
- Roscoe Ates as Ike Wayfish
- Ben Carter as Bell Boy
- Frank M. Thomas as Burke (as Frank Thomas)
- Olin Howland as Cisco Tridd
- Frank Conlan as Mr. Proudfoot
- Eddie Conrad as Fiero (as Edward Conrad)
- Edward McWade as Elias
- Edward Mundy as Joe Duddy
References
- ↑ Alan Goble (1 January 1999). The Complete Index to Literary Sources in Film. Walter de Gruyter. pp. 622–. ISBN 978-3-11-095194-3.
- ↑ http://allmovie.com/work/chad-hanna-86910
- ↑ http://www.allmovie.com/movie/chad-hanna-v86910
External links
- Chad Hanna at the Internet Movie Database
- Chad Hanna at AllMovie
- Chad Hanna at the TCM Movie Database
- Chad Hanna at the American Film Institute Catalog