Tobacco Road (film) Tobacco Road (film) Tobacco Road is a 1941 film directed by John Ford and starring Charley Grapewin, Marjorie Rambeau, Gene Tierney, William Tracy Dana Andrews and Ward Bond. It was based on the novel of the same name by Erskine Caldwell, but the plot was rewritten for the film. Studios attempting to acquire the screen rights to the novel date back to 1933. RKO Pictures and Warner Bros. considered buying the rights, the first intending to assign Charles Laughton in the lead role, but were discouraged from doing so. In March 1940, Columbia Pictures showed interest, but was informed that
The Road to Memphis (novel) The Road to Memphis (novel) The Road to Memphis is a historical fiction novel written by Mildred D. Taylor. It was first published in 1990 by Penguin. It is the fourth book in the saga following: "Song of the Trees", "Roll of Thunder, Hear my Cry" and "Let the Circle Be Unbroken". This would be the final book in the series chronologically to explore the story of the Logan family as a prequel to the series titled, "The Land", was released in 2001. The novel, like its predecessors, is narrated by Cassie Logan, who is now seventeen years old in