Summary
Deals with life in a small New Hampshire community during the early years of the 20th century.Additional Information
| Subjects |
City and town life
-- New Hampshire
-- Drama.
Young women -- New Hampshire -- Drama. New Hampshire -- Drama. Feature films. Fiction films. Film adaptations. Domestic drama. |
| Publisher | Scarborough, ME :FOCUSfilm Entertainment,2003 |
| Edition | Full screen. |
| Other Titles | Our town. |
| Contributors |
Chandlee, Harry,
1882-1956, screenwriter. Craven, Frank, 1875-1945, screenwriter. Wilder, Thornton, 1897-1975, screenwriter. Lesser, Sol, 1890-1980, film producer. Wood, Sam, 1883-1949, film director. Holden, William, 1918-1981, actor. Scott, Martha, 1914-2003, actor. Bainter, Fay, 1892-1968, actor. Bondi, Beulah, 1892-1981, actor. Mitchell, Thomas, 1892-1962, actor. Kibbee, Guy, 1882-1956, actor. Craven, Frank, 1875-1945, actor. Copland, Aaron, 1900-1990, composer. Wilder, Thornton, 1897-1975. Our town. National Film Museum (U.S.), production company. Exigent Inc., production company. FOCUSfilm Entertainment (Firm), publisher. |
| Participants/Performers |
William Holden, Martha Scott, Fay Bainter, Beulah Bondi, Thomas Mitchell, Guy Kibbee, Frank Craven. |
| Other Contributors |
Cinematographer, Bert Glennon ; editor, Sherman Todd ; original music, Aaron Copland. |
| Audience |
Not rated. |
| Language |
English |
| Notes |
Title from container. Originally released as a motion picture in 1940. Based on the play by Thornton Wilder. Special features: The short film "The wizard's apprentice," believed to be the inspiration for the Disney classic "Fantasia"; the 1943 short subject film "The town," a study of a typical Midwestern town and its residents by famed director Josef von Sternberg; audio track featuring the entire recreated production of "Our town" for the Lux Radio Theater. |
| System Details |
DVD; full screen (1.33:1) presentation; mono. |
| Description |
1 videodisc (approximately 90 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in. |
| Other | Classic View |