The Howards of Virginia

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The Howards of Virginia

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Directed by Frank Lloyd
Produced by Frank Lloyd
Written by Sidney Buchman
Elizabeth Page (novel)
Starring Cary Grant
Martha Scott
Music by Richard Hageman
Cinematography Bert Glennon
Editing by Paul Weatherwax
Distributed by Columbia Pictures
Release date(s) September 19, 1940
Running time 122 min.
Country USA
Language English
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The Howards of Virginia is a film released in 1940 based on the book The Tree of Liberty written by Elizabeth Page. The Howards of Virginia live through the American Revolutionary War, with Cary Grant starring as Matt Howard, Martha Scott starring as his wife Jane Peyton Howard, and Alan Marshall starring as Roger Peyton. Roger Peyton is both Jane’s father and a very deeply committed loyalist (royalist). The film includes a look at the young Matt Howard, who meets young Thomas Jefferson, and later meets a young Jane Peyton.

Contents

  • Cary Grant - Matt Howard
  • Martha Scott - Jane Peyton Howard’'
  • Sir Cedric Hardwicke - Fleetwood Peyton’‘
  • Alan Marshal - Roger Peyton
  • Richard Carlson - Thomas Jefferson
  • Paul Kelly - Captain Jabez Allen
  • Irving Bacon - Tom Norton
  • Elisabeth Risdon - '’Aunt Clarissa’‘
  • Anne Revere - Mrs. Betsy Norton
  • Richard Alden (Tom Drake) - James Howard at 16
  • Phil Taylor - Peyton Howard at 18
  • Rita Quigley - Mary Howard at Age 17
  • Libby Taylor - Dicey
  • Richard Gaines - Patrick Henry
  • George Houston - '’George Washington
  • Ralph Byrd - James Howard
  • Dickie Jones - Matt Howard at 12
  • Buster Phelps - Thomas Jefferson at 11'
  • Wade Boteler - ‘’Uncle Reuben’‘
  • Mary Field - ‘’Susan Howard’‘
  • R. Wells Gordon - ‘’Colonel Jefferson’‘
  • Charles Francis - ‘’Mr. Douglas’‘
  • Burton McEvilly - Alexander Hamilton

  • 1940 Academy Awards: 2 Nominations: for Best Original Score (Richard Hageman) and Best Sound Recording (Jack Whitney).

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