Connection
Driftwood is a american film of genre Drama directed by Allan Dwan released in USA on 15 september 1947 with Ruth Warrick
Driftwood (1947)
If you like this film, let us know!
- Infos
- Casting
- Technical infos
- Photos
- Videos
- Film quotes
- Characters
- Music
- Awards
Add to a movie listReleased in USA 15 september 1947
Length 1h28
Directed by Allan Dwan
OriginUSA
Themes Films about children
Rating70%
Driftwood is a 1947 drama film directed by Allan Dwan and starring Natalie Wood as a little orphan girl who adopts a collie. The movie also stars Ruth Warrick, Walter Brennan, Dean Jagger and Charlotte Greenwood.
Synopsis
Peu après le décès de son vieux tuteur, Jenny, une jeune orpheline, adopte un chien rescapé d'un accident d'avion. Mais à qui confier cette jeune fille et son chien ? Ce dernier va s'avérer être très utile à la communauté et Jenny va trouver des parents d'adoption.Actors
Ruth Warrick
(Susan Moore)
Walter Brennan
(Murph)
Dean Jagger
(Dr. Steve Webster)
Charlotte Greenwood
(Mathilda)
Natalie Wood
(Jenny Hollingsworth)
Comments
Leave comment :
Suggestions of similar film to Driftwood
There are 288 films with the same actors, 336 films with the same director, 62860 with the same cinematographic genres (including 4479 with exactly the same 2 genres than Driftwood), 2138 films with the same themes, to have finally 70 suggestions of similar films.If you liked Driftwood, you will probably like those similar films :
Heidi (1937)
, 1h28Directed by Allan Dwan
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Musical
Themes Films about children, Children's films
Actors Shirley Temple, Jean Hersholt, Arthur Treacher, Mary Nash, Marcia Mae Jones, Sidney Blackmer
Rating71%
Adelheid, called Heidi (Shirley Temple), is an eight-year-old Swiss orphan who is given by her aunt to her mountain-dwelling grandfather (Jean Hersholt). She is then stolen back by her aunt from her grandfather to live in the wealthy Sesemann household in Frankfurt, Germany as a companion to Klara (Marcia Mae Jones), a sheltered, disabled girl in a wheelchair.
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer (1938)
, 1h33Directed by George Cukor, Norman Taurog, H. C. Potter, William A. Wellman
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Adventure
Themes Films about children
Actors Jackie Moran, Tommy Kelly, May Robson, Ann Gillis, Walter Brennan, Victor Jory
Rating69%
The United Artists release includes most of the sequences familiar to readers of the book, including the fence-whitewashing episode; a wild raft ride down the Mississippi River; Tom and Huckleberry Finn's attendance at their own funeral, after the boys, who were enjoying an adventure on a remote island, are presumed dead; the murder trial of local drunkard Muff Potter; and Tom and Becky Thatcher's flight through a cave as they try to escape from Injun Joe, who is revealed to be the real killer.
The Wild Blue Yonder (1951)
, 1h38Directed by Allan Dwan
Origin USA
Genres Drama, War
Themes Transport films, Aviation films, Political films, United States Armed Forces in films
Actors Wendell Corey, Vera Ralston, Forrest Tucker, Phil Harris, Walter Brennan, William Ching
Rating60%
In 1943, Capt. Harold "Cal" Calvert (Wendell Corey) is sent on a course at Smoky Hill, Kansas, to learn to fly a new bomber, the Boeing B-29 Superfortress. His instructor is his cousin, Major Tom West (Forrest Tucker), an officer who the other pilots think has shirked his duties by claiming engine trouble on the raid over the Ploesti oil fields. Cal stands up for Tom when a crewman taunts his cousin in front of Helen (Vera Ralston), a nurse that Tom has been seeing.
Surrender (1950)
, 1h30Directed by Allan Dwan
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Romance, Western
Actors Vera Ralston, John Carroll, Walter Brennan, Francis Lederer, William Ching, Maria Palmer
Rating60%
Après avoir laissé son mari Henry Vaan emprisonné à Houston, la belle Violet Barton, elle-même recherchée par la police de San Antonio, s'installe dans la ville frontière de La Mirada avec sa sœur Janet. Alors que Janet ouvre une boutique, Violet fait du charme à un joueur de blackjack pour qu'il vole de l'argent à son patron, Greg De Laney, afin de pouvoir lui acheter un bracelet. Lorsque Greg arrive chez elle pour récupérer ce bracelet, Violet flirte avec lui.
Good-bye, My Lady (1956)
, 1h34Directed by William A. Wellman
Origin USA
Genres Drama
Themes Films about animals, Films about children, Films about dogs
Actors Walter Brennan, Brandon deWilde, William Hopper, Sidney Poitier, Louise Beavers, Phil Harris
Rating71%
Young orphan boy Skeeter (Brandon deWilde) is being raised in a Mississippi swamp cabin by his poor and toothless Uncle Jesse Jackson (Walter Brennan). One night, a mysterious noise is heard. They later discover that the noise was caused by a strange breed of dog (My Lady of the Congo) they do not recognize. Rather than a bark, the dog has a yodel or laugh. The animal has keen senses, and they decide to train her for bird hunting.
Young People (1940)
, 1h19Directed by Allan Dwan
Origin USA
Genres Drama
Themes Children's films
Actors Shirley Temple, Jack Oakie, Charlotte Greenwood, Arleen Whelan, George Montgomery, Kathleen Howard
Rating62%
Believing that it's good for their daughter Wendy (Shirley Temple), Joe Ballantine (Jack Oakie) and his wife Kit (Charlotte Greenwood) decide to retire their vaudeville act and move the family to a small New England town. But despite Wendy's many attempts to charm the locals, the "show folk" are given the cold shoulder. That is, until a hurricane hits the town, and because of the generosity, strength and conviction in the face of disaster, it appears that the troupers just might win over the residents in their new hometown after all.
Tom and Huck (1995)
, 1h37Directed by Peter Hewitt
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Comedy-drama, Action, Adventure
Themes Films about children, Children's films
Actors Jonathan Taylor Thomas, Brad Renfro, Eric Schweig, Charles Rocket, Amy Wright, Michael McShane
Rating54%
The film opens with Injun Joe (Eric Schweig) accepting a job position from Doctor Jonas Robinson (William Newman). Tom Sawyer (Jonathan Taylor Thomas) is seen running away from home. He and his friends ride down the Mississippi River on a raft, but hit a sharp rock, which throws Tom into the water. His friends find him washed up on the shore, and Tom finds it was Huck Finn (Brad Renfro) who carried him to safety. Huck learns of an unusual way to remove warts - by taking a dead cat to the graveyard at night. There they witness Injun Joe and Muff Potter (Mike McShane), the town drunk, digging up the grave of Vic "One-Eyed" Murrell for Doctor Robinson. A treasure map is discovered and when Doc tries to betray the two men, Injun Joe murders him with Muff's knife.
Wild Reeds (1994)
, 1h50Directed by André Téchiné
Origin France
Genres Drama, Comedy-drama, Romance
Themes L'adolescence, French war films, La colonisation française, Films about children, Films about sexuality, LGBT-related films, Algerian War films, Teen LGBT-related films, LGBT-related films, Coming out, Histoire de France, LGBT-related film
Actors Élodie Bouchez, Gaël Morel, Stéphane Rideau, Frédéric Gorny, Michèle Moretti, Jacques Nolot
Rating72%
The film is set in southwest France in 1962. François (Gaël Morel), a shy young man from the lower middle class, is working towards his high school diploma. He spends most of his time talking about movies and literature with his best friend, Maïté (Élodie Bouchez), whose mother Mme Alvarez (Michèle Moretti) is François's French teacher. Mme Alvarez and Maïté are communists. At the boarding school, François becomes acquainted with the sensual son of a farmer, Serge (Stéphane Rideau). At night, he joins François in the dormitory to chat. Finally, Serge draws François into an erotic relationship.
You'll Be a Man (2013)
, 1h27Directed by Benoît Cohen
Origin France
Genres Drama, Comedy, Comedy-drama
Themes Films about children
Actors Éléonore Pourriat
Rating70%
Léonard est un jeune garçon âgé de 11 ans, entre un père trop occupé et exigeant et une mère fantomatique, culpabilisée et effacée. Des mystères planent sur cette famille, et le caractère du garçon, surprotégé à cause d'un accident, s'en ressent. Renfermé, rêveur, il ne joue pas, se réfugie dans les livres, trop sérieux pour son âge. Théodore est un jeune homme de 20 ans, décalé et improbable, engagé comme baby-sitter par accident. Le contact entre les deux grands enfants se fera peu à peu, et l'ambiance changera dans la maison, sortant la mère de sa torpeur, jusqu'à porter ombrage au père qui se sent dépassé par les évènements...
What's Eating Gilbert Grape (1994)
, 1h58Directed by Lasse Hallström
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Comedy-drama, Romance
Themes L'adolescence, Films about education, Films about children, Films about families, Medical-themed films, Films about psychiatry, Films about disabilities, Films about autism, Films about school violence
Actors Johnny Depp, Juliette Lewis, Mary Steenburgen, Leonardo DiCaprio, John C. Reilly, Darlene Cates
Rating76%
In the small town of Endora, Iowa, Gilbert Grape (Johnny Depp) is busy caring for Arnie (Leonardo DiCaprio), his brother with a developmental disability, as they wait for the many tourists' trailers to pass through town during their "yearly ritual" of camping at a nearby recreational area. His mother, Bonnie (Darlene Cates), gave up on life after her husband hanged himself seventeen years earlier. She spends almost all of her time on the couch watching TV. With Bonnie unable to care for her children on her own due to her morbid obesity, Gilbert has taken responsibility for repairing the old house and looking after Arnie, who has a habit of climbing the town water tower, while his sisters Amy and Ellen do the rest. The relationship between the brothers is of both care and protection, as Gilbert continually enforces the "nobody touches Arnie" policy. A new FoodLand supermarket has opened, threatening the small Lamson's Grocery where Gilbert works. In addition, Gilbert is having an affair with a married woman, Betty Carver (Mary Steenburgen).