Drama · United States of America · 1945 · 1h 0m

The Girl of the Limberlost

Director

Cast

Ruth Nelson as Kate Comstock Dorinda Clifton as Elnora Comstock Loren Tindall as Pete Reed Gloria Holden as Miss Nelson Ernest Cossart as Roger Henley Vanessa Brown as Helen Brownlee

Crew

Erna Lazarus — Screenplay Gene Stratton-Porter — Novel

Tagline

One of the Best-Beloved Books of All Time Becomes a Stirring Columbia Picture!

Synopsis

Elnora Comstock lives on the edge of a great swamp and collects butterflies to sell in order to go to high school and pay for violin lessons. Her mother, Kate Comstock, hates her as she blames the girl for the father's death as he drowned in a quagmire on the way home the night the girl was born. The years-late revelation that the husband had been off courting a neighbor woman that night brings an attitude adjustment to the mother.

Mood & Themes

based on novel or book

Key Collaborators

Mel Ferrer Director Erna Lazarus Screenplay Gene Stratton-Porter Novel

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