Our town
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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.

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English
UPC:
683070869724

Notes

General Note
Title from container.
General Note
Originally broadcast as a motion picture in 1940.
General Note
Based on the Pulitzer Prize winning play by Thorton Wilder.
General Note
Special features: The short film "The wizard's apprentice," believed to the 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.
Creation/Production Credits
Cinematography, Bert Glennon ; editor, Sherman Todd ; original music, Aaron Copland ; production designer, William Cameron Menzies.
Participants/Performers
William Holden, Martha Scott, Fay Bainter, Beulah Bondi, Thomas Mitchell, Guy Kibee, Frank Craven.
Description
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.
Target Audience
MPAA rating: Not rated.
System Details
DVD, NTSC, all regions.
System Details
DVD, Region 1, digitally remastered from original negative elements; mono.
Citations
APA Citation (style guide)

Lesser, S., Craven, F., Wood, S., Holden, W., Scott, M., Bainter, F., Bondi, B., Mitchell, T., Kibee, G., Glennon, B., Copland, A., Wilder, T., Chandlee, H., Todd, S., & Menzies, W. C. (2003). Our town. [United States], FOCUSfilm Entertainment.

Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation (style guide)

Sol Lesser et al.. 2003. Our Town. [United States], FOCUSfilm Entertainment.

Chicago / Turabian - Humanities Citation (style guide)

Sol Lesser et al., Our Town. [United States], FOCUSfilm Entertainment, 2003.

MLA Citation (style guide)

Lesser, Sol, et al. Our Town. [United States], FOCUSfilm Entertainment, 2003.

Note! Citation formats are based on standards as of July 2022. Citations contain only title, author, edition, publisher, and year published. Citations should be used as a guideline and should be double checked for accuracy.
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