Posted on 10/14/2016 7:00:36 PM PDT by artichokegrower
Colonel Effingham's Raid (UK title: Man of the Hour) is a 1946 comedy film made by 20th Century Fox, directed by Irving Pichel. It is also known as Berry Fleming's Colonel Effingham's Raid, Everything's Peaches Down in Georgia and Rebel Yell. The screenplay was written by Kathryn Scola, based on a 1943 novel by Berry Fleming. The music score is by Cyril J. Mockridge. The film stars Charles Coburn, Joan Bennett and William Eythe. The plot involves a retired career Army colonel who returns to his hometown, starts writing a column in a local newspaper and takes on the corrupt local politicians to not replace the historic county courthouse.
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1946 movie where the plot is to tear down the town's Confederate memorial.
Charles Coburn was a Savannah lad. He worked at a local theater, where he was the usher, ticket seller, popcorn vendor and just about everything else.
The next county up from us is Effingham County. Always wondered if that is where the name came from.
Charles Coburn has been a big, BIG fave of mine for decades.
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