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Wikipedia article




'Cass Timberlane' is a 1947 romantic drama film starring Spencer Tracy, Lana Turner and Zachary Scott and directed by George Sidney. It was based on the 1945 novel 'Cass Timberlane: A Novel of Husbands and Wives' by Sinclair Lewis, which was Lewis' nineteenth novel and one of his last.

Plot



Judge Cass Timberlane is a middle-aged, incorruptible, highly respected man who enjoys good books and playing the flute. He falls for Ginny, a much younger girl from the lower class in his small Minnesota town. At first, the marriage is happy, but Ginny becomes bored with the small town and with the judge's friends. She leaves him for an affair with a lawyer, Timberlane's boyhood friend. Eventually, disillusioned with her lover, Ginny returns to her husband and becomes his loyal wife. The novel is Lewis's examination of marriage, love, romance, heartache and trust.

Cast



, George Sidney and Lana Turner on the set of 'Cass Timberlane'

Production



Cultural references

Wolcott Gibbs spoofed the novel in 'The New Yorker' as "Shad Ampersand".

The song "Cleo the Cat" by the band Benton Harbor Lunchbox was inspired by the novel 'Cass Timberlane: A Novel of Husbands and Wives'.

Reception



Though it received tepid critical reviews, the film was a box office hit, earning $3,983,000 in the U.S. and Canada and $1,203,000 elsewhere, but because of its high production cost, it returned a profit of only $746,000.

Home media



'Cass Timberlane' was released to DVD by Warner Home Video on July 6, 2010 via Warner Archives as a DVD-on-demand disc available through Amazon.

In other media



Radio

'Cass Timberlane' was presented on 'Theatre Guild on the Air' February 15, 1953. The one-hour adaptation starred Fredric March and Nina Foch.

References



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