Romance of the Limberlost (1938)

★★★★★ · Well worth the watch · Kentworth · 2014-05-03

I enjoyed this movie very much. The story is captivating, the acting excellent, the sets are adequate, and the plot quite gripping. The characters are believable, making it easy for the viewer to come to his/her own conclusions as the story progresses. Beware the spoilers in some of the comments, but in my opinion this is an excellent film, well worth watching. The copy I watched (MPEG4) was choppy in spots, seemingly always during a critical discussion, which detracted from the viewing to some extent, but not enough for me to keep from finishing it. Not by a long shot.

★★★★ · Pretty darn good · Dr Feel Rotten · 2011-02-15

Some of the dialog and acting was weak, but most was fine. It was a bit Pollyanna at first, but once it gets going it's a great old drama. Aunt Nora was a rotten to the core old hag, but still had a bit of human compassion left in her when her niece was being shredded on the stand which wasn't really surprising, but oh what an evil wench she seemed.. That was the real crux of the touching part here that aunt Nora found she really did love her niece instead of just being the greedy old hag you just love to hate. I liked this movie so 4 stars from me.. I don't often shed a tear, but this old…

★★★★ · Info From Wikipedia, IMDB, Rovi Metadata · WINSTON SMITH3353 · 2013-06-01

This is an excellent story set in the northeast Indiana swamps in 1905 concerning a poverty stricken foster child being sold off into forced marriage by her guardian to a mean drunkard more than twice her age in exchange for a mortgage. Edward Pawley plays an extremely convincing old letch and Marjorie Main is at her dramatic best as the most hateful woman in Loblolly Swamp. Ms. Main's banshee voice is chilling. Jean Parker, as Laurie Mears, plays a very good, naïve country girl too young for marriage. Betty Blythe plays a gracious Mrs. Parker. This film and the books from which it is derived…

★★★★ · Stick with it because... AWWW! · kareneliot · 2010-11-05

I tried twice on two different days to view this movie via the streaming on-screen browser version (i think that's what you call it?) and it kept getting hung up at 6:58 or so, but then today it magically worked. But... it was all choppy and splicy (from the preservation of the original film strip) with a faint buzzing static hum in the background, but it finally calmed down, although I do recommend headphones if you have them. And then... it was kind of dull, but about 20 minutes in the story picks up and the drama starts flowing. Also, I was as equally charmed by some characters as I was…