Carolina

Carolina

LIKE A FLASH OF SUNLIGHT She bursts into sleepy Carolina...upsetting traditions...injecting life where there was laziness...love where there were fear and hate!

NR 1934 · 85 min · ★ 6.7 · Comedy, Romance

During Civil War Reconstruction, the Connelly family is romantically restored to their former glory when Will Connelly marries a Yankee farm girl, Joanna Tate, despite the objects of his temperamental father Bob Connelly.

Directed by Henry King · Written by Reginald Berkeley

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