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Cass Timberlane is a 1947 romantic drama film starring Spencer Tracy, Lana Turner and Zachary Scott and directed by George Sidney. 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.

Cass Timberlane
Theatrical poster
Directed byGeorge Sidney
Written byDonald Ogden Stewart (Adaptation and Screenplay)
Sonya Levien (Adaptation)
Based onCass Timberlane: A Novel of Husbands and Wives
1945 novel
by Sinclair Lewis
Produced byArthur Hornblow, Jr.
StarringSpencer Tracy
Lana Turner
Zachary Scott
CinematographyRobert Planck
Edited byJohn Dunning
Music byRoy Webb
Production
company
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Distributed byLoew's, Inc.
Release date
November 6, 1947
Running time
119 mins.
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Budget$2,733,000[1][2]
Box office$5,186,000 (worldwide rentals)[1][2]

Plot


Judge Cass Timberlane is a middle-aged, incorruptible, highly respected man who enjoys good books and playing the flute. He falls for Ginny, a much younger girl from the lower class in his small Minnesota town. At first, the marriage is happy, but Ginny 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, disillusioned with her lover, Ginny returns to her husband and becomes his loyal wife. The novel is Lewis's examination of marriage, love, romance, heartache and trust.


Cast


Spencer Tracy, George Sidney and Lana Turner on the set of Cass Timberlane
Spencer Tracy, George Sidney and Lana Turner on the set of Cass Timberlane

Production



Cultural references


Wolcott Gibbs spoofed the novel in The New Yorker as "Shad Ampersand". The song "Cleo the Cat" by the band Benton Harbor Lunchbox was inspired by the novel Cass Timberlane: A Novel of Husbands and Wives.


Reception


Though it received tepid critical reviews, the film was a box office hit, earning $3,983,000 in the U.S. and Canada and $1,203,000 elsewhere, but because of its high production cost, it returned a profit of only $746,000.[1][2]


Home media


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.


In other media



Radio


Cass Timberlane was presented on Theatre Guild on the Air February 15, 1953. The one-hour adaptation starred Fredric March and Nina Foch.[4]


References


  1. Glancy, H. Mark (1992). "MGM film grosses, 1924-1948: The Eddie Mannix Ledger". Historical Journal of Film, Radio and Television. 12 (2): 127–144. doi:10.1080/01439689200260081.
  2. Glancy, H. Mark (1992). "Appendix". Historical Journal of Film, Radio and Television. 12 (S2): 1–20. doi:10.1080/01439689208604539.
  3. "The Light-Years and Micromillimeters of Our History". Los Angeles Times. 24 February 1999.
  4. Kirby, Walter (February 15, 1953). "Better Radio Programs for the Week". The Decatur Daily Review. p. 42. Retrieved June 21, 2015 via Newspapers.com.

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