Daughters Courageous
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Directed by | Michael Curtiz |
Produced by |
Henry Blanke Hal B. Wallis |
Written by |
Dorothy Bennett Irving White Julius J. Epstein Philip G. Epstein |
Starring |
The Lane Sisters Gale Page John Garfield Claude Rains |
Music by | Max Steiner |
Cinematography | James Wong Howe |
Edited by | Ralph Dawson |
Distributed by | Warner Bros. |
Release dates | June 23, 1939 |
Running time | 107 minutes |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
Daughters Courageous is a 1939 drama film starring the three Lane Sisters (Lola, Rosemary and Priscilla), with the fourth sister being played by Gale Page. The movie also stars John Garfield and Claude Rains. Based on the play Fly Away Home by Dorothy Bennett and Irving White, the film was directed by Michael Curtiz.
Plot
Freewheeling Jim Masters returns home after a 20-year absence, during which he was declared dead, to find that his wife, Nancy, is about to marry Sam Sloane, a stable local man in Carmel, California. She must now choose between her ex-husband and her new fiancé. The Masters daughters are also upset that their irresponsible father has re-entered their lives after so long an absence. Meanwhile, the youngest daughter, Buff, is drawn to tough-guy Gabriel Lopez, a man that reminds Jim Masters of himself.
Cast
- John Garfield as Gabriel Lopez
- Claude Rains as Jim Masters
- Jeffrey Lynn as Johnny Heming
- Fay Bainter as Nancy Masters
- Donald Crisp as Sam Sloane
- May Robson as Penny
- Frank McHugh as George
- Dick Foran as Eddie Moore
- Priscilla Lane as Buff Masters
- Rosemary Lane as Tinka Masters
- Lola Lane as Linda Masters
- Gale Page as Cora Masters
- George Humbert as Manuel Lopez
- Berton Churchill as Judge Henry Hornsby
Four Daughters film series
Daughters Courageous follows 1938's Four Daughters, by the same stars and director, but is unrelated to the other three films in the Lane Sisters' series because it is about a different family. However, the storyline of Four Daughters and the Lemp family is continued in the 1940 film, Four Wives, and 1941's Four Mothers.
External links
- Daughters Courageous at the American Film Institute Catalog
- Daughters Courageous at the Internet Movie Database
- Daughters Courageous at AllMovie