The Sea of Grass

The Sea of Grass is a 1947 western-drama film directed by Elia Kazan and based on the novel of the same name by Conrad Richter. The movie stars Katharine Hepburn, Spencer Tracy and Melvyn Douglas. According to "The Films of Katharine Hepburn", MGM had reels of stock footage of prairie, so the majority of the film was shot against a process screen showing this 'sea of grass' stock footage. Despite the talent involved in the film, Kazan was reporte... more

The Sea of Grass is a 1947 western-drama film directed by Elia Kazan and based on the novel of the same name by Conrad Richter. The movie stars Katharine Hepburn, Spencer Tracy and Melvyn Douglas. According to "The Films of Katharine Hepburn", MGM had reels of stock footage of prairie, so the majority of the film was shot against a process screen showing this 'sea of grass' stock footage. Despite the talent involved in the film, Kazan was reported so embarrassed by it that he urged people not to see it. Hepburn plays a woman from St. Louis moving to New Mexico to marry a rancher (Tracy), who relies on violence to discourage others from using the government-owned range. The conflict between them is only worsened by her infidelity. less