So Red the Rose (film)

So Red the Rose
Directed by	King Vidor
Written by	Maxwell Anderson Edwin Justus Mayer Laurence Stallings Stark Young (novel)
Produced by	Douglas MacLean
Starring	Margaret Sullavan Walter Connolly Randolph Scott
Cinematography	Victor Milner
Edited by	Eda Warren
Music by	W. Franke Harling
Distributed by	Paramount Pictures
Release date	November 9, 1935 (1935-11-09)
Running time	82 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English

So Red the Rose is a 1935 American drama film directed by King Vidor and starring Margaret Sullavan, Walter Connolly, and Randolph Scott. The Civil War-era romance is based on the 1934 novel of the same name by Stark Young.

The film did not enjoy great popularity at the box office. After this film, Civil War films were considered box office poison in Hollywood until Bette Davis and Henry Fonda's performance in 1938's Jezebel, which was a success. This was followed by the overwhelming popularity of Gone with the Wind in 1939, an adaptation of Margaret Mitchell's bestseller of the same name. In February 2020, the film was shown at the 70th Berlin International Film Festival, as part of a retrospective dedicated to King Vidor's career.^[1]