God's Country and the Woman | |
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Directed by | William Keighley |
Screenplay by | Norman Reilly Raine |
Story by | Peter Milne Charles Belden |
Based on | God's Country and the Woman 1915 novel by James Oliver Curwood |
Produced by | Louis F. Edelman |
Starring | George Brent Beverly Roberts Barton MacLane Robert Barrat Alan Hale, Sr. Joe King |
Cinematography | Tony Gaudio |
Edited by | Jack Killifer |
Music by | Max Steiner |
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Distributed by | Warner Bros. |
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Running time | 85 minutes |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
God's Country and the Woman is a 1937 American Technicolor lumberjack drama film directed by William Keighley and written by Norman Reilly Raine. The film stars George Brent, Beverly Roberts, Barton MacLane, Robert Barrat, Alan Hale, Sr. and Joe King. The film is based on a 1915 novel by James Oliver Curwood entitled God's Country and the Woman and was released by Warner Bros. on January 16, 1937. [1] [2] [3]
Warner Brothers' first feature-length film in full Technicolor, it was filmed on location near Mount St. Helens in Washington state, and features extensive footage of logging operations includuing a Willamette steam locomotive in operation. [4]
Competing lumber companies, The Russett Company and Barton Lumber Company vie for lumber in the Northwest. A lumberjack has his eye on a woman, in the midst of the forest in the Northwest.
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