The Trail of the Lonesome Pine (1936 film)

The Trail of the Lonesome Pine
1936 theatrical poster
Directed byHenry Hathaway
Written byGrover Jones
Horace McCoy
Screenplay byHarvey F. Thew
Based onThe Trail of the Lonesome Pine
by John Fox Jr.
Produced byWalter Wanger
StarringFred MacMurray
Sylvia Sidney
Henry Fonda
CinematographyRobert C. Bruce
W. Howard Greene
Edited byRobert Bischoff
Music byGerard Carbonara
Hugo Friedhofer (uncredited)
Color processTechnicolor
Production
company
Walter Wanger Productions
Distributed byParamount Pictures
Release date
  • March 13, 1936 (1936-03-13)
Running time
102 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Budget$621,864[1]
Box office$1.7 million[1][2]

The Trail of the Lonesome Pine is a 1936 American adventure romance western film based on the 1908 novel of the same name. It was the second full-length feature film to be shot in three-strip Technicolor and the first in color to be shot outdoors, with the approval of the Technicolor Corporation. The picture was directed by Henry Hathaway starring Fred MacMurray, Sylvia Sidney and Henry Fonda.[3] Much of it was shot at Big Bear Lake in southern California.[4] The Trail of the Lonesome Pine was the fourth feature film adaptation of John Fox Jr.'s 1908 novel, including 1916 and 1923 silent versions.[5] As with the novel, the film makes extensive use of Appalachian English in the dialogue.

  1. ^ a b Bernstein 2000, p. 436.
  2. ^ "Which cinema films have earned the most money since 1914?" The Argus (Melbourne), March 4, 1944, Supplement: The Argus Weekend magazine, p. 3 via National Library of Australia. Retrieved: August 6, 2012.
  3. ^ Maltin 1994, p. 375.
  4. ^ Cite error: The named reference Notes was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  5. ^ Teaford, Judy A. "The Trail of the Lonesome Pine." Ferrum College, Mountain State University: Novel and Film Internet Resource Guide, April 2, 2005. Retrieved: August 5, 2012.