Shining Hour, The Format:DVD Deep in a Brazilian forest

Deep in a Brazilian forest

Can warm hugs from Olaf inspire Sofia to save the day

built on M-G-M's backlot

this film features actual news footage from the burning of the liner SS Morro Castle

Shining Hour, The Format:DVD Deep in a Brazilian forestWhen Joan Crawford saw The Shining Hour on stage, she pleaded with the studio to let her spread her acting wings in the film version. She got her wish, playing a New York siren who marries a prosperous farmer (Melvyn Douglas) and moves to Wisconsin. There she is drawn to his handsome brother (Robert Young), even as she befriends the brother's selfless wife (Margaret Sullavan, Crawford's choice for the role). The passionate triangle plays out in the