Song of Surrender
{{Short description|1949 film by Mitchell Leisen}}
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{{Infobox film
| name = Song of Surrender
| image = File:Song of Surrender.jpg
| caption =
| director = Mitchell Leisen
| writer = {{ubl|Ruth McKenney|Richard Bransten|Richard Maibaum}}
| producer = Richard Maibaum
| narrator =
| starring = Wanda Hendrix
Claude Rains
Macdonald Carey
| music = Victor Young
| cinematography = Daniel L. Fapp
| editing = Alma Macrorie
| studio = Paramount Pictures
| distributor = Paramount Pictures
| released = {{Film date|1949|10|28}}
| runtime = 93 minutes
| country = United States
| language = English
| budget =
| gross =
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Song of Surrender is a 1949 American period drama film directed by Mitchell Leisen and starring Wanda Hendrix, Claude Rains and Macdonald Carey.{{Cite web|url=https://www.allmovie.com/movie/song-of-surrender-v111043|title = Song of Surrender (1949) - Mitchell Leisen | Synopsis, Characteristics, Moods, Themes and Related | AllMovie}} It was produced and distributed by Paramount Pictures.
Plot
Connecticut, 1906. Farmer's daughter Abigail marries the much older Elisha Hunt, the curator of the local museum. Finding that they have little in common, she is drawn to the wealthy Bruce Eldridge.
Cast
- Wanda Hendrix as Abigail Hunt
- Claude Rains as Elisha Hunt
- Macdonald Carey as Bruce Eldridge
- Andrea King as Phyllis Cantwell
- Henry Hull as Deacon Perry
- Gordon Richards as Clayton
- Elizabeth Patterson as Mrs. Beecham
- Art Smith as Mr. Willis
- John Beal as Dubois
- Eva Gabor as Countess Marina
- Dan Tobin as Clyde Atherton
- Nicholas Joy as General Seckle
- Peter Miles as Simon Beecham
- Ray Walker as Auctioneer
- Gigi Perreau as Faith Beecham
- Ray Bennett as Mr. Beecham
- Clancy Cooper as Mr. Torrance
- Georgia Backus as Mrs. Parry
- Mary Young as Miss Rivercomb
- Houseley Stevenson as Mr. Abernathy
References
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Bibliography
- Skal, David J. & Rains, Jessica. Claude Rains: An Actor's Voice. University Press of Kentucky, 2008.
External links
- {{IMDb title|0041899}}
{{Mitchell Leisen}}
Category:American black-and-white films
Category:Films scored by Victor Young
Category:Films directed by Mitchell Leisen
Category:Paramount Pictures films
Category:Films set in New England
Category:Films set in the 1900s
Category:American historical drama films
Category:1940s historical drama films
Category:1940s English-language films
Category:English-language historical drama films
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