So Red the Rose (film) bestseller of the same name. So Red the Rose (film) So Red the Rose is a 1935 American drama film directed by King Vidor and starring Margaret Sullavan, Walter Connolly and Randolph Scott. The Civil War-era romance is based on the 1934 novel of the same name by Stark Young. The film did not enjoy great popularity at the box office. Afterward Civil War films were considered box office poison in Hollywood until Bette Davis and Henry Fonda's performance in 1938's "Jezebel," which was a success. This was followed by the overwhelming popularity of "Gone with the Wind" in 1939,
Margaret Leigh book of poetry in 1923, "Songs from Tani's Garden", before writing her first novel, "The Passing of the Pengwerns", in 1924. "Harvest of the Moor" recounts her experience farming in Cornwall. In 1939, Leigh rode a horse from Cornwall to Scotland, which became the subject of her third book, "A Kingdom for a Horse". She subsequently settled there, living variously at the Isle of Barra, Fernaig in Ross-shire, Smirisary in Moidart and Inverness. Three of her books relate her experience in crofting communities in north-west Scotland before, during and just after World War II. In 1948, Margaret Leigh converted to