Chad Hanna

Chad Hanna
Chad Hanna
	Film poster
Directed by	Henry King
Screenplay by	Nunnally Johnson
Based on	Red Wheels Rolling (1940); by Walter D. Edmonds
Produced by	Darryl F. Zanuck
Starring	Henry Fonda; Dorothy Lamour; Linda Darnell
Cinematography	Ernest Palmer; Ray Rennahan
Edited by	Barbara McLean
Music by	David Buttolph
Color process	Technicolor
Production; company	20th Century Fox
Distributed by	20th Century Fox
Release date	December 25, 1940;
Running time	89 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English

Chad Hanna is a 1940 American drama romance film directed by Henry King, and was adapted from a bestseller of sorts that was published that same year. The novel was written by Walter Dumaux Edmonds (after it had first been published in serial form in the Saturday Evening Post under the title "Red Wheels Rolling"). It stars Henry Fonda, Linda Darnell and Dorothy Lamour.^[2]

Plot

In the 1840s, Chad Hanna, a New York country boy taking care of workhorses plying the Erie Canal in Canastota, New York, is compelled to join a smalltime travelling circus because of a black slave he's aiding in escaping. He falls in love with its star performer, beautiful bareback rider Albany Yates, but she spurns him. Chad then finds himself attracted to another runaway from his home village, country girl Caroline Tridd.

Although everybody assumes that the boy is slow on the uptake, Chad manages to save the circus from financial ruin. By the end, marred to Caroline and having become a new dad, he's also its new ringmaster. ^[2]

Cast

Henry Fonda as Chad Hanna
Dorothy Lamour as Albany Yates
Linda Darnell as Caroline
Guy Kibbee as Huguenine
Jane Darwell as Mrs. Huguenine
John Carradine as B.D. Bisbee
Ted North as Fred Shepley
Roscoe Ates as Ike Wayfish
Ben Carter as Bell Boy
Frank M. Thomas as Burke (as Frank Thomas)
Olin Howland as Cisco Tridd
Frank Conlan as Mr. Proudfoot
Eddie Conrad as Fiero (as Edward Conrad)
Edward McWade as Elias
Edward Mundy as Joe Duddy
George Davis as Pete Bostock
Paul E. Burns as Budlong (as Paul Burns)
Sarah Padden as Mrs. Tridd
Leonard St. Leo as Mr. Pamplon (as Leonard St. Leo)
Elizabeth Abbott as Mrs. Pamplon
Tully Marshall as Mr. Mott
Almira Sessions as Mrs. Mott
Virginia Brissac as Landlady
Si Jenks as Farmer
Victor Kilian as Potato Man
Louis Mason as Constable
Charles Middleton as Sheriff

References

↑ Alan Goble (January 1, 1999). The Complete Index to Literary Sources in Film. Walter de Gruyter. pp. 622–. ISBN 978-3-11-095194-3.
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External links

Chad Hanna at IMDb
Chad Hanna at the TCM Movie Database (archived)
Chad Hanna at the AFI Catalog of Feature Films

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[Goble1999-1] Alan Goble (January 1, 1999). The Complete Index to Literary Sources in Film. Walter de Gruyter. pp. 622–. ISBN 978-3-11-095194-3.

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