Virginia (1941) DVD-R
Starring Madeleine Carroll, Fred MacMurray, Sterling Hayden, Helen Broderick, Carolyn Lee,
Marie Wilson
Directed by Edward H. Griffith
Print: color
Runtime: 110 min.
Genre: drama
Print Quality: B
If Selznick could make a Gone With the Wind, reasoned Paramount Pictures in 1941, anyone
can. Paramount's own spin on Scarlet and Rhett was Virginia, starring British actress
Madeleine Carroll as Southern belle Charlotte Dunterry. A first a showgirl, Charlotte arrives
in Fairville, Virginia to take charge of her family plantation. Intending to sell the estate for a
quick turnover, Charlotte is dissuaded when she falls in love with impoverished local
aristocrat Stonewall Elliot (Fred MacMurray). Though devoted to Elliot, she must find a way
to keep herself solvent, and to that she enters into a loveless marriage with wealthy
northerner Norman Williams (Sterling Hayden). The rest of the story finds Charlotte
wavering between Elliot and Williams, while the audience settles in for a good long nap. As
in Gone with the Wind, Virginia is distinguished by the performance of one of its black
supporting players, namely Leigh Whipper as an elderly ex-slave who returns to Fairville to
die (he doesn't sing "Carry Me Back to Old Virginny", but one can hear it anyway).
Starring Madeleine Carroll, Fred MacMurray, Sterling Hayden, Helen Broderick, Carolyn Lee,
Marie Wilson
Directed by Edward H. Griffith
Print: color
Runtime: 110 min.
Genre: drama
Print Quality: B
If Selznick could make a Gone With the Wind, reasoned Paramount Pictures in 1941, anyone
can. Paramount's own spin on Scarlet and Rhett was Virginia, starring British actress
Madeleine Carroll as Southern belle Charlotte Dunterry. A first a showgirl, Charlotte arrives
in Fairville, Virginia to take charge of her family plantation. Intending to sell the estate for a
quick turnover, Charlotte is dissuaded when she falls in love with impoverished local
aristocrat Stonewall Elliot (Fred MacMurray). Though devoted to Elliot, she must find a way
to keep herself solvent, and to that she enters into a loveless marriage with wealthy
northerner Norman Williams (Sterling Hayden). The rest of the story finds Charlotte
wavering between Elliot and Williams, while the audience settles in for a good long nap. As
in Gone with the Wind, Virginia is distinguished by the performance of one of its black
supporting players, namely Leigh Whipper as an elderly ex-slave who returns to Fairville to
die (he doesn't sing "Carry Me Back to Old Virginny", but one can hear it anyway).
| Product Name | Virginia (1941) DVD-R |
|---|---|
| This item is returnable | No |
