The Girl of the Limberlost (1945)
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.
Director:
Mel Ferrer
Writer:
Erna Lazarus
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Ruth Nelson as Kate Comstock |
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Dorinda Clifton as Elnora Comstock |
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Loren Tindall as Pete Reed |
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Gloria Holden as Miss Nelson |
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Ernest Cossart as Roger Henley |
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Vanessa Brown as Helen Brownlee |
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James Bell as Wesley Sinton |
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Joyce Arling as Margaret Sinton |
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Charles Arnt as Hodges |
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Warren Mills as Chester Hopple |
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Lillian Bronson as Miss Blodgett |
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Peggy Converse as Jessie Reed |
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Carol Morris as Carrie |
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Jimmy Clark as Bob Stewart |
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Gloria Patrice as Schoolgirl |
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Ida Moore as Bird Woman (uncredited) |
| Writing | Gene Stratton-Porter | Novel |
| Writing | Erna Lazarus | Screenplay |
| Directing | Mel Ferrer | Director |
