Bright Leaf (novel)
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In 1949 professional dancer Foster Fitzsimmons's first novel Bright Leaf was a financial and critical success.[1] The novel is named after a strain of Tobacco called Bright Leaf (Tobacco). Two rival families that grow this strain of Tobacco are engaged in an intense rivalry. The scion of one family defeats the other family when he industrializes the manufacture of cigarettes, replacing hand rolled cigarettes with cheaper cigarettes rolled by machine.
Popular director Michael Curtiz made a feature film, based on the novel, in 1950, also name "Bright Leaf", starring Patricia Neal, Lauren Bacall, and Gary Cooper.
References
- ↑ Jack Pendarvis. The Cigarette Lighter, Bloomsbury Publishing, p. 15, 51-52, 111. Retrieved on 2022-08-30.
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