It is the at the height of randomness and zany surrealism, and that is my favorite kind of comedy. Toward the beginning of the film there is a scuffle over a sack of turnips that is really very silly indeed. Caldwells bestselling, controversial classic: the story of a Southern sharecropper family ground down by the devastation of the Great Depression Even. A particular favorite recurring theme of mine is Jeeter’s obsession with turnips. I mean really:Ĭharley Grapewin, as Jeeter Lester, had me laughing all the way through the movie, as did many of the other supporting characters. In fact, I find the film absolutely hilarious. Lov Bensey, husband of Pearl, the fifteen-year-old daughter of Jeeter Lester, feels low in his mind when he stops by the Lester.

The story was taken from a novel, but the plot of the novel was more about the dramas of the family, while this movie chooses to focus more on the comic relief. Last Updated on May 6, 2015, by eNotes Editorial. The plot has to do with a poor family living on inherited land, and their struggles to stay afloat during tough economic times. Tobacco Road was at the Rue Christine, and I had never seen it before. Obviously, I was constantly at one of them, and I saw some really fantastic movies on the big screen, as they were meant to be shown. Go figure–I’ve given up trying to understand anything that goes on in Paris).

For those of you who have been following Backlots for some time, you know that there are 2 classic movie theaters in Paris, the Action Cinema Rue Christine, and the Desperado (which, oddly, was Action Écoles when I got there, and the Desperado when I left. The movie itself, though directed by the legendary John Ford, was NOT a hit, but it’s an interesting movie to watch, and I will give you some of my own personal opinions later on in the post.įirst of all, let me say that I saw this movie for the first time when I was in Paris. In celebration of our Star of the Month Gene Tierney, I will be reviewing Tobacco Road, one of Gene’s earliest endeavors into film, and one in which despite efforts to the contrary, her striking looks win out over all the makeup to make her look like a hillbilly, and she simply looks stunning as usual.

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