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28 September 1934 (USA)
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Mellow as a mint julep and twice as refreshing. more
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Judge Priest, a proud Confederate veteran, uses common sense and considerable humanity to dispense justice in a small town in the Post-Bellum Kentucky. full summary | add synopsis
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Simple mastery, masterful simplicity: a great work
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Cast
(Complete credited cast) | Will Rogers | ... | Judge William 'Billy' Priest |
 | Tom Brown | ... | Jerome Priest |
| Anita Louise | ... | Ellie May Gillespie |
| Henry B. Walthall | ... | Reverend Ashby Brand |
| David Landau | ... | Bob Gillis |
| Rochelle Hudson | ... | Virginia Maydew |
| Roger Imhof | ... | Billy Gaynor |
| Frank Melton | ... | Flem Talley |
| Charley Grapewin | ... | Sergeant Jimmy Bagby |
| Berton Churchill | ... | Senator Horace Maydew |
| Brenda Fowler | ... | Mrs. Caroline Priest |
| Francis Ford | ... | Juror No. 12 |
 | Hattie McDaniel | ... | Aunt Dilsey (as Hattie McDaniels) |
| Stepin Fetchit | ... | Jeff Poindexter |
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80 min (copyright length)
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1.37 : 1 more
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Mono (Western Electric Noiseless Recording)
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Version of The Sun Shines Bright (1953)
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Aunt Dilsey's Song
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John Ford adopts and works within the conventions of this homespun genre. As he did with the genre of every film he made. Yes, racial stereotyping -- but Ford knew it was, and let you see it for what it was. Yes, sentimental and corny, but knowing and loving that way, presenting it for what you the viewer want to make of it.
After seventy years, still so funny, so affectionate, so insightful. And topical for 2003: is there any better depiction of populist politics, or expression of faith in the democratic mystery of the common man?
The art that conceals art. Try to see it on a film-projected screen. I'm off to look at THE SUN SHINES BR