The Howards of Virginia (Columbia-Frank Lloyd). Hollywood's sense of history is a bit erratic. Its preoccupation with the Civil War has left the impression that Abe Lincoln was the father of his country. The magnificent material to be found in America's small beginning has been almost entirely neglected since talking pictures arrived. Not until early this year, when veteran, British-born Director Frank Lloyd began shooting The Howards at Williamsburg, did any major director train his camera on the Founding Fathers. In The Howards of Virginia Director Lloyd presents their era in an able,...
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