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<html> <head> <title>Tobacco Road</title> <meta name="googlebot" content="noodp"> <meta name="robots" content="noodp"> <link rel="apple-touch-icon-precomposed" href="/silly-nndb-icon.png" /><style type="text/css"> <!-- .fotmbar { color: #FFFFFF; text-decoration: none} .fotmbar:hover { color: #FFFFFF; text-decoration: underline} .newslink { color: #000000; text-decoration: none} .newslink:hover { color: #000000; text-decoration: none} .proflink { color: #000000; text-decoration: none} .proflink:hover { color: blue; text-decoration: underline} .b1f, .b2f, .b3f, .b4f {font-size:1px; overflow:hidden; display:block;} .b1f {height:1px; background:#e6e6e6; margin:0 5px;} .b2f {height:1px; background:#e6e6e6; margin:0 3px;} .b3f {height:1px; background:#e6e6e6; margin:0 2px;} .b4f {height:2px; background:#e6e6e6; margin:0 1px;} .contentf {background: #e6e6e6; padding: 2px; } .contentf div {margin-left: 5px;} --> </style><script type="text/javascript" src="/sortable.js"></script> <script type="text/javascript" src="/trailer.js"></script> <link rel="stylesheet" href="/trailer.css" /> <link rel="stylesheet" href="/style.css" /> </head> <body bgcolor=#ffffff> <div> <center> <table cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 border=0><tr><td valign=top><table width=550 cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0> <tr><td bgcolor=white><table width="100%" cellpadding="4" cellspacing="0" background="/nndb.gif"> <tr> <td rowspan="2" align="left" valign="top"><a href="http://www.nndb.com/"><img src="/title.gif" width="260" height="50" border=0 alt="NNDB"></a></td> <td><table width="100%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="6"> <tr align="center"> <td width="25%" nowrap><b><font size="-1" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">This is a beta version of NNDB</font></b></td> </tr> </table></td> </tr> <tr> <td align="right" valign="middle"><b><font size="-1" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"> <form action="http://search.nndb.com/search/nndb.cgi" method="get"> <input type="hidden" name="nndb" value="1"></input> <nobr>Search: <select name="omenu"> <option value="unspecified" selected>All Names</option> <option value="living">Living people</option> <option value="dead">Dead people</option> <option value="bands">Band Names</option> <option value="books">Book Titles</option> <option value="movies">Movie Titles</option> <option value="fulltext">Full Text</option> </select> for <input name="query" value="" size=24 maxlength=96> <input type=submit value="Search"> </font></b></nobr></form></td> </tr> </table> <!-- COPYRIGHT (C) 2008 SOYLENT COMMUNICATIONS --> <!-- ALL RIGHTS RESERVED --> <!-- NO PART OF THIS WEBSITE MAY BE REPRODUCED WITHOUT WRITTEN PERMISSION --> <!-- OF SOYLENT COMMUNICATIONS (ON THE WEB, IN PRINT, OR OTHERWISE) --> <!-- --> <!-- SOYLENT COMMUNICATIONS --> <!-- PO BOX 4436, MOUNTAIN VIEW CA 94040 USA --> </td></tr> <tr><td bgcolor=red height=2></td></tr> <tr bgcolor=F0F0F0><td bgcolor=F0F0F0> <table cellpadding=0 cellspacing=15 width=100%><tr><td bgcolor=F0F0F0> <font size=+3 face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><b>Tobacco Road <nobr>(20-Feb-1941)</nobr></b></font><p> <p><p> <b>Director:</b> <a href="/people/458/000032362/">John Ford</a><p><b>Writer:</b> <a href="/people/740/000043611/">Nunnally Johnson</a><p><b>From novel:</b> <i>Tobacco Road</i> by <a href="/people/882/000107561/">Erskine Caldwell</a><p><b>From a play:</b> <i>Tobacco Road</i> by Jack Kirkland<p><b>Music by:</b> David Buttolph<p><b>Producer:</b> <a href="/people/028/000084773/">Darryl F. Zanuck</a><p><b>Keywords:</b> <a href="/lists/801/000083552/">Comedy</a><p><div><img src="/full-star-20.png"><img src="/full-star-20.png"><img src="/full-star-20.png"><img src="/empty-star-20.png"></div><p><table border=1 class="sortable bordered" id="sort_actors"> <tr><th><b>Name</b></th><th><b>Occupation</b></th><th><b>Birth</b></th><th>Death</b></th><th><b>Known for</b></th></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/727/000043598/"><font size=-1>Dana Andrews</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Actor</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>1-Jan-1909</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>17-Dec-1992</nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1><i>The Best Years of Our Lives</i></td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/210/000222541/"><font size=-1>Irving Bacon</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Actor</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>6-Sep-1893</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>5-Feb-1965</nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1>Mr. Beazley</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/053/000078816/"><font size=-1>Ward Bond</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Actor</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>9-Apr-1903</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>5-Nov-1960</nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1><i>Wagon Train</i></td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/786/000351730/"><font size=-1>George Chandler</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Actor</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>30-Jun-1898</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>10-Jun-1985</nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1>Uncle Petrie on <i>Lassie</i></td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/987/000350934/"><font size=-1>Spencer Charters</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Actor</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>25-Mar-1875</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>25-Jan-1943</nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1>Character actor</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/480/000349430/"><font size=-1>Charley Grapewin</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Actor</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>20-Dec-1869</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>2-Feb-1956</nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1><i>Tobacco Road</i></td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/364/000134959/"><font size=-1>Charles Halton</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Actor</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>16-Mar-1876</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>16-Apr-1959</nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1>Bespectacled character actor</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/751/000092475/"><font size=-1>Grant Mitchell</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Actor</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>17-Jun-1874</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>1-May-1957</nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1><i>Father Is a Prince</i></td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/494/000349444/"><font size=-1>Elizabeth Patterson</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Actor</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>22-Nov-1875</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>31-Jan-1966</nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1>Mrs. Matilda Trumbull on <i>I Love Lucy</i></td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/572/000092296/"><font size=-1>Marjorie Rambeau</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Actor</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>15-Jul-1889</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>6-Jul-1970</nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1><i>The Primrose Path</i></td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/408/000278571/"><font size=-1>Russell Simpson</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Actor</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>17-Jun-1880</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>12-Dec-1959</nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1><i>The Grapes of Wrath</i></td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/389/000102083/"><font size=-1>Slim Summerville</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Actor</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>10-Jul-1892</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>6-Jan-1949</nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1><i>The Front Page</i></td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/913/000026835/"><font size=-1>Gene Tierney</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Actor</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>19-Nov-1920</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>6-Nov-1991</nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1><i>Laura</i></td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/485/000349435/"><font size=-1>Zeffie Tilbury</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Actor</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>20-Nov-1863</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>24-Jul-1950</nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1><i>The Grapes of Wrath</i></td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/488/000349438/"><font size=-1>William Tracy</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Actor</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>1-Sep-1917</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>18-Jun-1967</nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1><i>Terry and the Pirates</i></td> </tr> </table> <p><font size=+1 face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" color=red><b>CAST</b></font><p><table border=0><tr><td colspan=2><font size=-2 face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">with</font></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/people/480/000349430/">Charley Grapewin</a></td><td> ... Jeeter</td></tr><tr><td><a href="/people/572/000092296/">Marjorie Rambeau</a></td><td> ... Sister Bessie</td></tr><tr><td><a href="/people/913/000026835/">Gene Tierney</a></td><td> ... Ellie May</td></tr><tr><td><a href="/people/488/000349438/">William Tracy</a></td><td> ... Dude Lester</td></tr><tr><td colspan=2 style="height: 0.75em"></td></tr><tr><td colspan=2><font size=-2 face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">and</font></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/people/494/000349444/">Elizabeth Patterson</a></td><td> ... Ada Lester</td></tr><tr><td><a href="/people/727/000043598/">Dana Andrews</a></td><td> ... Capt. Tim</td></tr><tr><td><a href="/people/389/000102083/">Slim Summerville</a></td><td> ... Peabody</td></tr><tr><td><a href="/people/053/000078816/">Ward Bond</a></td><td> ... Lov</td></tr><tr><td><a href="/people/751/000092475/">Grant Mitchell</a></td><td> ... George Payne</td></tr><tr><td><a href="/people/485/000349435/">Zeffie Tilbury</a></td><td> ... Grandma</td></tr><tr><td colspan=2 style="height: 0.75em"></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/people/408/000278571/">Russell Simpson</a></td><td> ... Chief of Police</td></tr><tr><td><a href="/people/987/000350934/">Spencer Charters</a></td><td> ... County Clerk</td></tr><tr><td><a href="/people/210/000222541/">Irving Bacon</a></td><td> ... Teller</td></tr><tr><td>Harry Tyler</td><td> ... Auto Dealer</td></tr><tr><td><a href="/people/364/000134959/">Charles Halton</a></td><td> ... Mayor</td></tr><tr><td><a href="/people/786/000351730/">George Chandler</a></td><td> ... Clerk</td></tr></table><p><p><font size=+1 face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" color=red><b>REVIEWS</b></font><p><table><tr><td><img src="/rarrow.gif"></td><td>Have you seen this film? 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