''God's Country and the Woman'' is a 1937 American

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directed by William Keighley and written by Norman Reilly Raine. The film stars George Brent, Beverly Roberts, Barton MacLane, Robert Barrat, Alan Hale, Sr. and Joe King. The film is based on a 1915 novel by James Oliver Curwood entitled ''God's Country and the Woman'' and was released by Warner Bros. on January 16, 1937. Warner Brothers' first feature-length film in full Technicolor, it was filmed on location near Mount St. Helens in Washington state, and features extensive footage of logging operations including a Willamette steam locomotive in operation.

Plot

Competing lumber companies, The Russett Company and Barton Lumber Company vie for lumber in the Northwest. A lumberjack has his eye on a woman, in the midst of the forest in the Northwest.

Cast

* George Brent as Steve Russett * Beverly Roberts as Jo Barton * Barton MacLane as Bullhead * Robert Barrat as Jefferson Russett * Alan Hale, Sr. as Bjorn Skalka * Joe King as Red Munro * El Brendel as Ole Olson *

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as Gaskett * Roscoe Ates as Gander Hopkins * Billy Bevan as Plug Hat * Joseph Crehan as Jordan * Bert Roach as Kewpie * Victor Potel as Turpentine * Mary Treen as Miss Flint * Herbert Rawlinson as Doyle * Harry Hayden as Barnes * Pat Moriarity as Tim O'Toole *

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as Gus * Susan Fleming as Grace Moran

Reception

Writing for ''Night and Day'' in 1937,

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gave the film a mildly poor review, commenting that "it isn't a very good film, and he fimis hardly improved by he addition ofTechnicolor. Focusing on the Technicolor aspect of the film, Greene suggests that there are some "very pretty shots of trees cutting huge arcs against the sky as they fall", however he notes that the "fast cutting and quick dissolves confirms isbelief that colour will put the film back technically twelve years". Greene also wryly observed the reactions from more established critics, and quoted sections from the negative review given by ''

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Sydney Carroll whose principal complaint had been about the heartbreaking mistreatment of the arboreal foliage by the techniques of Technicolor. (reprinted in: )

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