Ramona (1936 film)
Ramona is a 1936 American Technicolor drama film directed by Henry King,[3] based on Helen Hunt Jackson's 1884 novel Ramona. This was the third adaptation of the film, and the first one with sound. It was the fourth American feature film using the new three strip Technicolor process. It starred Loretta Young and Don Ameche.
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| Directed by | Henry King |
| Written by | Stuart Anthony Paul Hervey Fox Sonya Levien Lillian Wurtzel |
| Screenplay by | Lamar Trotti |
| Based on | Ramona 1884 novel by Helen Hunt Jackson |
| Produced by | John Stone Sol M. Wurtzel |
| Starring | Loretta Young Don Ameche Kent Taylor Pauline Frederick Jane Darwell Katherine DeMille John Carradine |
| Cinematography | William V. Skall |
| Edited by | Alfred DeGaetano |
| Music by | Alfred Newman |
Production company | 20th Century Fox |
| Distributed by | 20th Century Fox |
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Running time | 84 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $600,000[1] |
| Box office | $1 million[2] |
The New York Times praised its use of new Technicolor technology but found the plot "a piece of unadulterated hokum." It thought "Ramona is a pretty impossible rôle these heartless days" and Don Ameche "a bit too Oxonian" for a chief's son.[4]
Cast
- Loretta Young as Ramona
- Don Ameche as Alessandro
- Kent Taylor as Felipe Moreno
- Pauline Frederick as Señora Moreno
- Jane Darwell as Aunt Ri Hyar
- Katherine DeMille as Margarita
- Victor Kilian as Father Gaspara
- John Carradine as Jim Farrar
- J. Carrol Naish as Juan Can
- Pedro de Cordoba as Father Salvierderra
- Charles Waldron as Dr. Weaver
- Claire Du Brey as Marda
- Russell Simpson as Scroggs
- William Benedict as Joseph Hyar
- D'Arcy Corrigan as Jeff (uncredited)
- Ethan Laidlaw as Bill (uncredited)
References
- Solomon p 240
- Aubrey Solomon (2002). Twentieth Century-Fox: A Corporate and Financial History. Rowman & Littlefield. p. 212. ISBN 978-0-8108-4244-1.
- "New York Times: Ramona". Movies & TV Dept. The New York Times. 2011. Archived from the original on May 20, 2011. Retrieved June 2, 2008.
- New York Times: Ramona (1936), October 7, 1936, accessed February 14, 2011
External links
- Ramona at the American Film Institute Catalog
- Ramona at IMDb
- Ramona at AllMovie
- Ramona at the TCM Movie Database
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