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Trail of the Lonsome Pine
| Rating: | No Rating |
| Genre: | Drama, Romance |
| Release Date: | March 13, 1936 |
| Running time: | 102 minutes |
| Cast: | Sylvia Sidney, Fred MacMurray, Henry Fonda, Fred Stone, Nigel Bruce |
| Director: | Henry Hathaway |
| Producer: | Walter Wanger |
| Writer: | John Fox Jr., Grover Jones |
| Distributor: | Paramount Pictures |
Description: Paramount's first outdoor Technicolor feature, Trail of the Lonesome Pine was the third film version of John Fox Jr.'s novel. Inspired by the Hatfield-McCoy feud, the story is set in the Blue Ridge mountains of Virginia. Outsider Fred MacMurray arrives to clear the path for a new railroad. Mountain girl Sylvia Sidney falls in love with MacMurray, which incurs the enmity of Sidney's boyfriend Henry Fonda. It also plunks MacMurray in the middle of a long-standing feud between Sidney's family and another mountain clan. Hostilities alternately erupt and simmer until Sidney's youngest brother (Spanky McFarland) is killed by a feud-inspired dynamite blast. This tragic incident brings virtually everyone to their senses, and the feud is finally buried. Better in its individual setpieces than as a unified whole, Trail of the Lonesome Pine is still a worthwhile experience, especially when a pristine three-strip Technicolor print is available.~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
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