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Ruby Gentry is a american film of genre Drama directed by King Vidor released in USA on 25 december 1952 with Jennifer Jones

Ruby Gentry (1952)

Ruby Gentry
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Released in USA 25 december 1952
Length 1h22
Directed by
OriginUSA
Genres Drama,    Melodrama,    Romance
Rating65% 3.2968553.2968553.2968553.2968553.296855

Ruby Gentry is a 1952 film, directed by King Vidor and starring Jennifer Jones, Charlton Heston and Karl Malden.

The movie and the title character were the inspiration for Roberta Lee Streeter to take the performing name Bobbie Gentry.

Synopsis

Ruby Corey (Jennifer Jones), a poor backwoods girl living in the small North Carolina town of Braddock, is still in love with Boake Tackman (Charlton Heston). During high school, Ruby had rebuffed his aggressive advances, and was taken in for a couple of years by a kind wealthy businessman and his wife, who protected her and taught her the skills a lady would need. She moved back home when her father needed her help. Boake's family used to be wealthy, but after generations of profligacy all he has left is the land he has had drained and farmed. He starts a relationship with her but plans to marry a local woman with a rich family. When she hears the news, Ruby marries her former benefactor, Mr. Jim Gentry (Karl Malden), whose invalid wife had recently died, despite not loving him.

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