In 1894, Brant Royle (Gary Cooper) shocks the aristocratic tobacco growers of Kingsmont by planning to mass-produce cigarettes.
I found the comments from the old woman that "everybody's doing it" and that smoking is "very fashionable" rather humorous. I feel that in 1950, this sort of sentiment could be taken seriously rather than as the anti-smoking rhetoric it became later.
Overall, the film did not hold my interest. This was more my fault than the fault of the film, because there is nothing bad about Michael Curtiz's directing or Gary Cooper's acting. Perhaps someday I shall give it another try. I was hoping to see some ground-breaking cinematography from Karl Freund, but that simply did not happen.
I found the comments from the old woman that "everybody's doing it" and that smoking is "very fashionable" rather humorous. I feel that in 1950, this sort of sentiment could be taken seriously rather than as the anti-smoking rhetoric it became later.
Overall, the film did not hold my interest. This was more my fault than the fault of the film, because there is nothing bad about Michael Curtiz's directing or Gary Cooper's acting. Perhaps someday I shall give it another try. I was hoping to see some ground-breaking cinematography from Karl Freund, but that simply did not happen.