Winterset - Film Adaptation of Maxwell Anderson Play
The 1936 film, Winterset, is a screen adaptation of the play by Maxwell Anderson. Three performers who were in the Broadway play - Burgess Meredith, Margo, and Eduardo Ciannelli - were also in the film. Members of the film cast also included Mischa Auer, John Carradine, and Stanley Ridges. The film was directed by Alfred Santell.
The story follows the efforts of Mio Romagna (Meredith) to track down the truth about the circumstances surrounding the execution of his immigrant father Bartolomeo Romagna (Carradine) for crimes (murder and robbery) that he didn’t commit.
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