The Vanishing Virginian

The Vanishing Virginian (1942)

Heart-throbs, laughs, thrills in an American masterpiece!

The perineal District Attorney and conservative southern patriarch cherishes the old ways and does his best to adjust to change.

Date of release
1942-02-01
TMDB
7.2 / 10 (4)
Runtime
1h 37m
Genres
Drama, Comedy
Director
Frank Borzage

Casting

Interesting facts

The Vanishing Virginian is a 1942 American drama film directed by Frank Borzage and starring Frank Morgan and Kathryn Grayson. It is based on the memoirs of Rebecca Yancey Williams and set in Lynchburg, Virginia, from 1913 to 1929.

Trivia

A promotional poster for the film makes the claim that "Millions Read the Book", and also refers to the film as an "American Masterpiece" having "Heart-Throbs, Laughs, [and] Thrills". In addition, a 1942 issue of Photoplay referred to the book as "delightful".

The Vanishing Virginian, the book the film is based on, was published a second time in London in 1941, this time under the title Father Was a Handful. This version was published by Michael Joseph, a British writer and publisher who was part of the publishing company that would later become Penguin Random House.

The story told in The Vanishing Virginian is continued in Rebecca Yancey Williams' second and final novel Carry Me Back, which further chronicles the life of the family, focusing on Rebecca Yancey Williams' experiences during the country summers of 1913-14 in Lynchburg. In addition, some of the content in this novel was adapted from Williams' own diary she kept when she was 15 years of age.

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