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Gold Is Where You Find It

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Colonel Ferris, a wealthy farmer in northern California, is strongly opposed to hydraulic mining, a new method developed during the gold rush of the 1870's, which is flooding the area's prosperous farmlands. Despite Ferris' political stance, Jared Whitney, a mining engineer from the East, becomes friends with the colonel's son Lance and falls in love with his daughter Serena. Family tensions deepen when the colonel's brother Ralph gives up farming to go to San Francisco to work for his wife Rosanna's father, Harrison McCooey, a leader in the mining venture. When Lance follows Ralph, the colonel, focusing his anger on Jared, forbids him to see Serena.

Top Cast

  • George Brent

    George Brent

    Jared Whitney

  • Olivia de Havilland

    Olivia de Havilland

    Serena Ferris

  • Claude Rains

    Claude Rains

    Colonel Ferris

  • Margaret Lindsay

    Margaret Lindsay

    Rosanne

  • John Litel

    John Litel

    Ralph Ferris

  • Marcia Ralston

    Marcia Ralston

    Molly Featherstone

  • Barton MacLane

    Barton MacLane

    Slag Martin

  • Tim Holt

    Tim Holt

    Lance Ferris

  • Sidney Toler

    Sidney Toler

    Harrison McCooey

Overview

Colonel Ferris, a wealthy farmer in northern California, is strongly opposed to hydraulic mining, a new method developed during the gold rush of the 1870's, which is flooding the area's prosperous farmlands. Despite Ferris' political stance, Jared Whitney, a mining engineer from the East, becomes friends with the colonel's son Lance and falls in love with his daughter Serena. Family tensions deepen when the colonel's brother Ralph gives up farming to go to San Francisco to work for his wife Rosanna's father, Harrison McCooey, a leader in the mining venture. When Lance follows Ralph, the colonel, focusing his anger on Jared, forbids him to see Serena.

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