Tobacco Road (film) "Tobacco Road" was on the list of banned titles. Eventually, 20th Century Fox won the rights in August 1940, with RKO as its main competitor. It was believed that Fox won due to the success of "The Grapes of Wrath" (1940). They were the main preference of the copyright holders Erskine Caldwell and Jack Kirkland, who were reluctant to sell the rights unless the film "would be picturized honestly and fearlessly." Initially, Henry Hull was sought from Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer to reprise the main role previously portrayed on Broadway. However, in October 1940 he was revealed to be only in consideration, along
Lonely Road (novel) Lonely Road (novel) Lonely Road is a novel by British author Nevil Shute. It was first published in 1932 by William Heinemann and in the US by William Morrow. In 1936 it was adapted as a film, "The Lonely Road", released in the US the same year as "Scotland Yard Commands", starring Clive Brook and Victoria Hopper. The novel also served as the basis for an episode (no 14) in the BBC series "The Jazz Age" in 1968. The book begins with a note from the solicitor for Commander Malcolm Stevenson, who, we learn, has died recently (in about 1930),