Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders. Buy the sea of grass movie posters from movie poster shop. Elaborately produced in the traditional mgm manner and adroitly directed by elia kazan, sea of grass is still one of the lesser tracyhepburns. It was later adapted as a movie of the same name, directed by elia kazan and featuring katharine hepburn and spencer tracy, released in 1947. Kazan is right that the lack of location shooting keeps everything far too. There are many love stories aligned throughout this story. They split with jim getting full custody of both children and lutie moves back in st louis. Cattle baron brewton spencer tracy, his first scene, his bridetobe katharen hepburn just in from st. If i told you without cluing you in on the title i had a topproduction 1947 mgm picture staring spencer tracy, katharine hepburn, and melvyn douglas, you would be expecting a glossy white telephone movie with a love triangle and lots of high melodrama from the three stars. At 1 minutes, this sprawling western was long on talk and short on action. Kazan followed a tree grows in brooklyn with the sea of grass 1947, which featured spencer tracy and katharine hepburn, and boomerang. The sea of grass is a 1936 novel by conrad richter. The sea of grass has been ranked 477 times, wins 36. The sea of grass 1947 cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more.
Films of the 1940s tree grows in brooklyn with the sea of grass 1947, which featured spencer tracy and katharine hepburn, and boomerang. The wife has an affair which produces a child, and she is ostracized from. Louis observing, as the judge robert barratt presides over a bent verdict in his favor, plaintiffs lawyer chamberlain melvyn douglas infuriated, early in the sea of grass, 1947. The sea of grass trailer directed by elia kazan and starring spencer tracy, robert walker, melvyn douglas, edgar buchanan, harry carey. Though it hardly seems possible under the circumstances, brewton and lutie are at long last reconciled through the intervention of their daughter sara beth phyllis thaxter. Buy the sea of grass 1947 wb mgm region 2 pal import, plays in english without subtitles from amazons movies store. Starring spencer tracy, katharine hepburn, robert walker, and melvyn douglas.
This site is for research, and is not meant to infringe on the rights of the owners of this motion picture. In his autobiography, the films director elia kazan said of the film. Complete annual us box office top 110 chart of 1947. Tracy, a tough cattle baron who owns a huge tract in the new mexico territory known as the sea of grass. Do you have any new or corrected filming details to add. The beds can be made up of one species of seagrass or multiple species.
Bryce corresponds with her, keeping her abreast of the children. The sea of grass film project gutenberg selfpublishing. Katharine hepburn and spencer tracy star as a husband and wife on americas frontier. The lowestpriced brandnew, unused, unopened, undamaged item in its original packaging where packaging is applicable. Seagrasses are sometimes found in patches, and these patches can expand to form huge seagrass beds or meadows. Conrad richters word painting of new mexico at the end of the cowboy era is chock full of delightful metaphors and imagery. Usually associated with erudite, urbane comedies, the legendary screen team of katharine hepburn and spencer tracy goes intensely dramatic in the expensive western sea of grass. It was directed by elia kazan and based on the 1936 novel of the same name by. The sea of grass is a tourdeforce of artistic prose. He may be best known for the sea of grass 1936, set in late nineteenthcentury new mexico, and featuring conflict between ranchers and farmers. A cattle barons ruthlessness against settlers propels his headstrong wife into an affair where she conceives a child out of wedlock.
Katharine hepburn was an esteemed american actress, known for her fierce and independent persona which she proudly displayed both offscreen and onscreen. It was directed by elia kazan and based on the 1936 novel of the same name by conrad richter. Louis society belle lutie cameron steps into a different world when she arrives in salt fork to. Movie lists spencer tracy filmography duck software. Usually associated with erudite, urbane comedies, the legendary screen team of. Protagonisti koje tumace spencer tracy i katharine hepburn su bracni par bijelih liberalnih intelektualaca koji su prisiljeni svoja nacela primijeniti u praksi kada im kcer jedinica ciji lik tumaci katharine houghton kao svog buduceg muza. After the commercial and critical success of a tree grows in brooklyn, he returned with three films. The sea of grass is a film directed by elia kazan with spencer tracy, katharine hepburn, robert walker, melvyn douglas, year.
The dothraki sea is so immense it can support more than two dozen khalasars, each riding its own circuit and taking what is needed from the land as they go. Tracy star as a husband and wife on americas frontier. The sea of grass 1947 elia kazan, katharine hepburn, spencer tracy, robert walker, drama, western july 4, 2017 this western begins with st. Guess whos coming to dinner u prijevodu pogodi tko dolazi na veceru je americki igrani film snimljen 1967. The sea of grass 1947 i was too dumb to quit, said director elia kazan of his second feature film, the sea of grass 1947. The sea of grass, 1947, katharine hepburn, title card. It was surprising or probably even shocking movie for the year 1947. Louis resident lutie cameron katharine hepburn marrying new mexico cattleman col. The problem is that all that poetic language crowds out the dialog and characterization. The sea of grass 1947 stream and watch online moviefone. Cast and crew credits for the sea of grass, 1947, directed by elia kazan, with spencer tracy, katharine hepburn, robert walker, at turner classic movies.
The sea of grass is the fourth of the nine films that spencer tracy and katharine hepburn made together, and for me it is the least appealing one of the lot. The sea of grass dealt with some heavy duty issues like adultery and land ecology. Kazan was reportedly displeased with the resulting film and discouraged people from seeing it. The sea of grass 1947 full streaming fuld hd player. Its the only picture ive ever made that im ashamed of. Filmen er produceret med fremragende grafisk kvalitet, bedste quality of sound and greatest bedste skuespillere. Tracy and hepburn i find my feeling for spencer tracy and katharine hepburn is a mixture of personal respect and professional regret. Father daughter, father son, husband wife, wife and lover, even love of the land.
The wife has an affair which produces a child, and she is ostracized from the community. The sea of grass full movie watch online, stream or download. It is set in new mexico in the late 19th century, and concerns the clash between rich ranchers, whose cattle run freely on governmentowned land, a prairie sea of grass, and the homesteaders or nesters, who build fences and try to cultivate the soil for subsistence farming. Tracy was nominated 9 times for the academy award and won two years in a row for the movies captains courageous and boys town. The sea of grass 1947 wb mgm region 2 pal import, plays in. Set in new mexico in the late 19th century, the sea of grass concerns the often violent clashes between the pioneering ranchers, whose cattle range freely through the vast sea of grass, and the farmers, or nesters, who build fences and turn the sod. But you will wait a long timeindeed, foreverfor anything stirring in this line in metros new coworplow drama, the much touted sea of grass. The sea of grass 1947 cast and crew lutie cameron katharine hepburn arrives in new mexico, having married cattleman james brewton spencer tracy after a short courtship. The sea of grass movie posters from movie poster shop. The 1947 mgm film was directed by elia kazan from conrad richters novel, the sea of grass about the fierce struggle between the openrange cattlemen. The sea of grass is a forgotten masterpiece amidst a sea of movies. The sea of grass 1947 passed 2h 3min drama, western 25 april 1947 usa on americas frontier, a st.
The sea of grass 1947 elia kazan releases allmovie. Tracy plays cattle baron colonel james brewton, who staunchly opposes opening the western frontier to homesteaders. Sea of grass, the its 15 miles to the nearest neighbor. Spencer tracy is largely considered one of the best movie actors in early film.
And the sound that drifts in the night is from windswept new mexico territory grasslands. Before making 1951s cultural landmark a streetcar named desire, elia kazan gained notoriety for stage work and such smallscale, socially relevant pictures as a tree grows in brooklyn 1945, gentlemans agreement 1947, and the spencer tracykatherine hepburn vehicle sea of grass 1947. Music is by herbert stothart and cinematography by harry stradling. Packaging should be the same as what is found in a retail store, unless the item is handmade or was packaged by the manufacturer in nonretail packaging, such as an unprinted box or plastic bag. Download or stream from your apple tv, roku, smart tv, computer or portable device. She started her acting career in the early 30s with the film a bill of divorcement and she later complemented the success of her first film with some further notable titles such as. Le film the sea of grass 1947 vostfr admin 20170425t03. Theres a scene between katharine hepburn and melvyn douglas where theres no mince words about the attraction between them some real adult dialogue. This film is not currently playing on mubi but 30 other great films are. Louis woman marries a new mexico cattleman who is seen as a tyrant by the locals.
See what the critics had to say and watch the trailer. The sea of grass 1947 letterboxd your life in film. Find out where to watch, buy, and rent the sea of grass online on moviefone. The sea of grass 1947 wb mgm region 2 pal import, plays. It stars spencer tracy, katharine hepburn, robert walker, melvyn douglas, phyllis thaxter, edgar buchanan and harry carey. With a story line thats way ahead of its time and not for the faint of heart. The movie stars katharine hepburn, spencer tracy and melvyn douglas according to the films of katharine hepburn, mgm had reels of stock footage of prairie, so the majority of the film was shot against a process screen showing this sea of grass. The sea of grass 1947 lutie cameron katharine hepburn arrives in new mexico, having married cattleman james brewton spencer tracy after a short courtship. Find release information for the sea of grass 1947 elia kazan on allmovie. The film stars katharine hepburn, spencer tracy, and melvyn douglas. Published in 1936, this novel presents in epic scope the conflicts in the settling of the american southwest. The sea of grass is directed by elia kazan and written by conrad richter, marguerite roberts and vincent lawrence. Louis woman marries a new mexico cattleman who is seen as a.
Sea of grass, with spencer tracy, katharine hepburn, at. The sea of grass 1947 elia kazan, katharine hepburn. Jul 15, 2017 posts about 1947 written by box office madness. Were your movie poster source for new releases and vintage movie posters. Film is loaded with very superior acting and spectacular imaginative photography. Mar 17, 2017 seagrasses are found in protected coastal waters such as bays, lagoons, and estuaries and in both temperate and tropical regions, on every continent except antarctica. Meanwhile, the farmers watch helplessly as the sea of grass is exploited until it becomes a dust bowl. I find my feeling for spencer tracy and katharine hepburn is a mixture of personal respect and. A single massive mountain is located in the region, the mother of mountains, which rises at the heart of the dothraki sea, at the city of vaes dothrak.