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The Howards of Virginia is a 1940 American drama war film directed by Frank Lloyd, released by Columbia Pictures, and based on the book The Tree of Liberty written by Elizabeth Page.
Colonial Virginia farmer Matt Howard (Cary Grant) wants to travel to the dangerous Ohio frontier to claim land, but his well-meaning friend Thomas Jefferson (Richard Carlson) convinces him to stay, even playing matchmaker between Matt and wealthy socialite Jane Peyton (Martha Scott).
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- Drama, History, War
- Frank Lloyd
- 1940-09-19
The Howards of Virginia is a 1940 American drama war film directed by Frank Lloyd, released by Columbia Pictures, and based on the book The Tree of Liberty written by Elizabeth Page.
Just prior to the American War of Independence, aristocratic Virginian Jane Peyton marries unsophisticated rustic farmer and surveyor Matt Howard who takes her to his Shenandoah Valley plantation and later goes to war.
The Howards of Virginia is a 1940 American drama movie directed by Frank Lloyd and was based on the 1939 novel The Tree of Liberty by Elizabeth Page. It stars Cary Grant, Martha Scott, Sir Cedric Hardwicke, Irving Bacon, Richard Carlson, Rita Quigley, Alan Marshal and was distributed by Columbia Pictures. It was nominated for 2 Academy Awards ...
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Beautiful young Virginian Jane steps down from her proper aristocratic upbringing when she marries down-to-earth surveyor Matt Howard. Matt joins the Colonial forces in their fight for freedom against England.
