Tap Roots

This article is about the 1948 period film. For other uses, see Taproot (disambiguation).
Tap Roots

Original lobby card
Directed by George Marshall
Produced by Walter Wanger
Written by Alan Le May
Lionel Wiggam
James H. Street (novel)
Starring Van Heflin
Susan Hayward
Boris Karloff
Julie London
Music by Frank Skinner
Cinematography Winton C. Hoch
Lionel Lindon
Edited by Milton Carruth
Distributed by Universal International Pictures
Release dates
 August 25, 1948
Running time
 109 min
Country U.S.
Language English
Budget $2,118,688[1][2]
Box office $3,293,658[1]

Tap Roots is a 1948 period film set during the American Civil War. It is very loosely based on the true life story of Newton Knight, a farm owner who attempted to secede Jones County from Mississippi.[3]

Made by Walter Wanger Productions and Universal International Pictures, it was directed by George Marshall and produced by Walter Wanger from a screenplay by Alan Le May, based on the 1942 novel Tap Roots by James H. Street, with additional dialogue by Lionel Wiggam. The original music was by Frank Skinner and the cinematography by Winton C. Hoch and Lionel Lindon.

The film stars Van Heflin and Susan Hayward with Boris Karloff, Julie London, Whitfield Connor, Ward Bond and Richard Long.

A radio version of Tap Roots, with Van Heflin, Susan Hayward and Richard Long reprising their film roles, was broadcast by the Lux Radio Theatre on September 27, 1948.

Cast

Reception

Variety said the film earned $2.5 million in rentals in the US.[4]

The film recorded a loss of $380,385.[1]

See also

References

  1. 1 2 3 Matthew Bernstein, Walter Wagner: Hollywood Independent, Minnesota Press, 2000 p444
  2. ↑ Or $.5 million – see [https://archive.org/stream/variety169-1948-02#page/n133/mode/1up Variety 18 February 1948 p 14
  3. ↑ Stephen Jacobs, Boris Karloff: More Than a Monster, Tomohawk Press 2011 p 324
  4. ↑ "Top Grossers of 1948", Variety 5 January 1949 p 46
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