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Gold is Where You Find It is a 1938 American Western Technicolor film that gives a fictionalized account of a true event — an ecological disaster whose effects are still felt in California today.
Gold Is Where You Find It: Directed by Michael Curtiz. With George Brent, Olivia de Havilland, Claude Rains, Margaret Lindsay. Hydraulic Mining versus Sacramento Valley Farming.
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- Drama, History, Romance
- Michael Curtiz
- 1938-02-12
Warner Brothers' second movie to be shot in the new, more lifelike process of three-strip Technicolor, Gold Is Where You Find It tells the true story of the battle between gold miners and farmers in Northern California during the 1870's.
Sep 18, 2016 · When Whitney sets his romantic sights on Lance’s sister Serena (Olivia de Havilland), and the colonel’s brother (John Litel) enters the mining business, tensions within the Ferris family grow even stronger. Micheal Curtiz directs 1938’s Gold Is Where You Find It.
Overview. Colonel Ferris, a wealthy farmer in northern California, is strongly opposed to hydraulic mining, a new method developed during the gold rush of the 1870's, which is flooding the area's prosperous farmlands.
Based on a story by Clements Ripley, with a screenplay by Warren Duff and Robert Buckner, the film is about the rivalry between farmers and miners in the Sacramento valley during the years following the California Gold Rush.
Synopsis. Michael Curtiz directs this Technicolor Western based on the familiar story by Clements Ripley about the rivalry between farmers and miners in the Sacramento valley during the years following the California Gold Rush.
