Our Town
[United States] ; Scarborough, ME : Image Entertainment : FOCUSfilm Entertainment, 2003.
Format: DVD
Description: 1 videodisc (90 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in.
The classic film based on Thornton Wilder's Pulitzer Prize-winning play about a small New England town fraught with human drama, family conflict, marriage, life, and death.
Other Authors:
Wilder, Thornton, 1897-1975, author, screenwriter.
Craven, Frank, 1875-1945, actor, screenwriter.
Chandlee, Harry, 1882-1956, screenwriter.
Lesser, Sol, 1890-1980, producer.
Wood, Sam, 1883-1949, 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.
Erwin, Stuart, 1903-1967, actor.
Craven, Frank, 1875-1945, actor.
Glennon, Bert, cinematographer.
Todd, Sherman, film editor.
Copland, Aaron, 1900-1990, composer.
Menzies, William Cameron, 1896-1957, production designer.
Wilder, Thornton, 1897-1975. Our town.
Principal Artists Productions.
Image Entertainment (Firm)
FOCUSfilm Entertainment (Firm)
Wilder, Thornton, 1897-1975, author, screenwriter.
Craven, Frank, 1875-1945, actor, screenwriter.
Chandlee, Harry, 1882-1956, screenwriter.
Lesser, Sol, 1890-1980, producer.
Wood, Sam, 1883-1949, 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.
Erwin, Stuart, 1903-1967, actor.
Craven, Frank, 1875-1945, actor.
Glennon, Bert, cinematographer.
Todd, Sherman, film editor.
Copland, Aaron, 1900-1990, composer.
Menzies, William Cameron, 1896-1957, production designer.
Wilder, Thornton, 1897-1975. Our town.
Principal Artists Productions.
Image Entertainment (Firm)
FOCUSfilm Entertainment (Firm)
Subjects:
City and town life -- New Hampshire -- Drama.
Young women -- New Hampshire -- Drama.
New Hampshire -- Drama.
City and town life -- New Hampshire -- Drama.
Young women -- New Hampshire -- Drama.
New Hampshire -- Drama.
Target Audience: MPAA rating: Not rated.
UPC: 683070869724
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Call Number | Location | Shelf Location | Status |
DVD DRAMA Our | Sandhills Indoors | DVD | In |
Originally released as a motion picture in 1940.
Based on the Pulitzer Prize winning 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 recreation production of "Our town" for the Lux Radio Theater.
Videorecording.
Cinematography, Bert Glennon ; editor, Sherman Todd ; original music, Aaron Copland ; production designer, William Cameron Menzies.
William Holden, Martha Scott, Fay Bainter, Beulah Bondi, Thomas Mitchell, Guy Kibbee, Stuart Erwin, Frank Craven.
DVD, Region 1, digitally remastered from original negative elements; 1.33:1 aspect ration; mono.
Six Academy Award nominations, including Best Picture, release year 1940.
Based on the Pulitzer Prize winning 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 recreation production of "Our town" for the Lux Radio Theater.
Videorecording.
Cinematography, Bert Glennon ; editor, Sherman Todd ; original music, Aaron Copland ; production designer, William Cameron Menzies.
William Holden, Martha Scott, Fay Bainter, Beulah Bondi, Thomas Mitchell, Guy Kibbee, Stuart Erwin, Frank Craven.
DVD, Region 1, digitally remastered from original negative elements; 1.33:1 aspect ration; mono.
Six Academy Award nominations, including Best Picture, release year 1940.