Senin, 19 Februari 2018

ACW Review: Tap Roots

Tap Roots (1948) Directed by George Marshall After the Boffo box office success of Gone With the Wind, Hollywood tried to parlay the moonlight-and-magnolias myth of Southern life into megabuck sequels. Producer Walter Wanger contributed to the frenzy with Tap Roots, a bodice-ripping romance masquerading as Civil War cinema. The story is taken from James …

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