Romance Of Rosy Ridge, The
MGM (1947)
Comedy, Romance
In Collection
#11014
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IMDB   6.9
1 hr 45 mins USA / English
DVD  Region 1   NR
Joyce Arling Mrs. Willhart
James Bell John Willhart
William Bishop Ad Buchanan
Jim Davis Badge Dessark
Charles Dingle John Dessark
Van Johnson Henry Carson
Guy Kibbee Cal Baggett
Janet Leigh Lissy Anne MacBean
Thomas Mitchell Gill MacBean
Elisabeth Risdon Emily Baggett
Selena Royle Sairy MacBean
Russell Simpson Dan Yeary
Dean Stockwell Andrew MacBean
Marshall Thompson Ben Mac Bean
O.Z. Whitehead Ninny Nat
Director
Roy Rowland
Producer Jack Cummings
Writer MacKinlay Kantor
Lester Cole


Discovered this Classic Film from 1947 playing on TCM and was very curious about just what this story would present and who was starring in this picture. It was surprising to see Van Johnson in the starring role as Henry Carson and veteran character actor Thomas Mitchell,(Gill MacBean. Janet Leigh was so young looking I hardly recognized her playing the role as a daughter to Gill MacBean, named Lessy Anne MacBean. This was the very first picture that Janet Leigh appeared in and she was very polished and professional even in her first important role of her career. The story deals with the ending of the Civil-War between the North and South and there were strong feelings still among the people in the South and Northerner's who traveled in their communities. Gill MacBean was not very thrilled about having Henry Carson getting too close to his daughter in a romantic way of speaking. Henry Carson wanted to establish a school in the local community and finding acceptance was very difficult for him to establish. There was a very deep secret that Henry Carson kept to himself about their son who was killed in the Civil War. There is Comedy, Drama and Romance and plenty of outstanding acting in this great Classic Film, Enjoy.
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