The Howards of Virginia [SEP] distributor
The Howards of Virginia
The Howards of Virginia is a 1940 American film directed by Frank Lloyd, released by Columbia Pictures, and based on the book "The Tree of Liberty" written by Elizabeth Page. The Howards of Virginia live through the American Revolutionary War, with Cary Grant starring as Matt Howard, Martha Scott starring as his wife Jane Peyton Howard, and Alan Marshal and Sir Cedric Hardwicke starring as Jane's brothers Roger and Fleetwood Peyton. Fleetwood Peyton is Jane's elder brother, the patriarch of his family,
Production Financing.
Merchant-Ivory encountered difficulty securing funding for "Howards End", the budget of which stood at $8 million. This was considerably larger than that of "Maurice" and "A Room with a View", which led to trouble in raising capital in the UK and the United States. Orion Pictures, the film's distributor, was on the verge of bankruptcy and only contributed a small amount to the overall budget. A solution presented itself when Merchant Ivory sought funding through an intermediary in Japan,