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The Trail of the Lonesome Pine (1936)

The Trail of the Lonesome Pine (1936)
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Paramount's first outdoor Technicolor feature, Trail of the Lonesome Pine was the third film version of John Fox Jr.'s novel. Inspired by the Hatfield-McCoy feud, the story is set in the Blue Ridge mountains of Virginia. Outsider Fred MacMurray arrives to clear the path for a new railroad. Mountain girl Sylvia Sidney falls in love with MacMurray, which incurs the enmity of Sidney's boyfriend Henry Fonda. It also plunks MacMurray in the middle of a long-standing feud between Sidney's family and another mountain clan. Hostilities alternately erupt and simmer until Sidney's youngest brother (Spanky McFarland) is killed by a feud-inspired dynamite blast. This tragic incident brings virtually everyone to their senses, and the feud is finally buried. Better in its individual setpieces than as a unified whole, Trail of the Lonesome Pine is still a worthwhile experience, especially when a pristine three-strip Technicolor print is available. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi

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Starring:
Sylvia Sidney, Henry Fonda, (more)
Director(s):
Henry Hathaway
Format(s):
DVD
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Synopsis of The Trail of the Lonesome Pine

Paramount's first outdoor Technicolor feature, Trail of the Lonesome Pine was the third film version of John Fox Jr.'s novel. Inspired by the Hatfield-McCoy feud, the story is set in the Blue Ridge mountains of Virginia. Outsider Fred MacMurray arrives to clear the path for a new railroad. Mountain girl Sylvia Sidney falls in love with MacMurray, which incurs the enmity of Sidney's boyfriend Henry Fonda. It also plunks MacMurray in the middle of a long-standing feud between Sidney's family and another mountain clan. Hostilities alternately erupt and simmer until Sidney's youngest brother (Spanky McFarland) is killed by a feud-inspired dynamite blast. This tragic incident brings virtually everyone to their senses, and the feud is finally buried. Better in its individual setpieces than as a unified whole, Trail of the Lonesome Pine is still a worthwhile experience, especially when a pristine three-strip Technicolor print is available. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi

Theatrical Feature Running Time:
102 mins

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Director(s):
Henry Hathaway
Writer(s):
Harvey Thew, Grover Jones, Horace McCoy
Producer(s):
Walter Wanger, Walter Wagner
Categories:
Romance, Action / Adventure, Drama
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    Karl B.

    Oh brother, how times have changed. This movie takes simplemindedness to a whole new level. One minute Sylvia Sidney is Ellie Mae Clampett, the next she is Audrey Hepburn. The characters just don't make sense. Couldn't the actors have tried just a little to have Virginia accents? This is a cowboy movie with no cows. Even the music was lame. The outdoor Technicolor was nice but it sure didn't look like the Blue Ridge.

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    Jimmie B.

    I enjoyed this movie because it let me see how life was in the past. It was interesting and showed me that I should not do.

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    David B.

    This movie was better than I expected. Sylvia Sidney does get a bit tiresome after a while(most whining does), and Fred MacMurray did a good job. Henry Fonda was Henry Fonda. I love those speeded-up fight scenes.

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