Gold Is Where You Find It
| Gold Is Where You Find It | |
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| Directed by | Michael Curtiz |
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| Story by | Clements Ripley |
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| Cinematography | Sol Polito |
| Edited by | Clarence Kolster Owen Marks (uncredited) |
| Music by | Max Steiner |
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| Distributed by | Warner Bros. Pictures |
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Running time | 94 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
Gold is Where You Find It is a 1938 American romantic drama film directed by Michael Curtiz and starring George Brent, Olivia de Havilland, and Claude Rains. Based on a story by Clements Ripley, with a screenplay by Warren Duff and Robert Buckner, the film is about the rivalry between farmers and miners in the Sacramento valley 30 years after the California Gold Rush. The feud between the two factions is complicated when a man from one side and a woman from the other fall in love. This Technicolor feature film was released on February 12, 1938 by Warner Bros. Pictures.
Plot summary
A new gold strike in California ten years after the American Civil War triggers a bitter feud between farmers and miners using hydraulic mining methods that flood the farmlands.
Cast
- George Brent as Jared Whitney
- Olivia de Havilland as Serena Ferris
- Claude Rains as Col. Chris Ferris
- Margaret Lindsay as Rosanne McCooey Ferris
- John Litel as Ralph Ferris
- Marcia Ralston as Molly Featherstone
- Barton MacLane as Slag Minton
- Tim Holt as Lance Ferris
- Sidney Toler as Harrison McCooey
- Henry O'Neill as Judge Clayburn
- Willie Best as Joshua
- Robert McWade as Mr. Crouch
- George 'Gabby' Hayes as Enoch (as George Hayes)
- Russell Simpson as MacKenzie
- Harry Davenport as Dr. Parsons
- Clarence Kolb as Major Walsh
- Moroni Olsen as Sen. George Hearst
- Walter Rodgers as Gen. Ulysses S. Grant[1]
Notes
Gold is Where You Find It was, in many respects, a routine Western, lifted out of the ordinary by its early use of the newly perfected 3-strip Technicolor process, its big-budget director and cast, and its musical score. During the early spring of 1937, producer Hal B. Wallis was looking for a project to film in Technicolor, as a dry run for The Adventures of Robin Hood, which was not ready for release. So he chose this screenplay, making it probably the first Western shot in the new process, and second Warner Bros. movie to be shot in new Technicolor.[2]
