| Edition |
Fullscreen format. |
| Description |
1 videodisc (121 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in. |
| System Details |
DVD, Dolby surround. |
| Audience |
Not rated. |
| Cast |
Montgomery Clift, Elizabeth Taylor, Shelly Winters, Keefe Brasselle. |
| Credits |
Director of photography, William C. Mellor ; editor, William Hornbeck ; music, Franz Waxman. |
| Note |
Based on the novel An American tragedy by Theodore Dreiser and the Patrick Kearney play adapted from the novel. |
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Originally produced as a motion picture in 1951. |
| Summary |
George Stevens' stunning adaptation of Theodore Dreiser's An American tragedy garnered six Academy Awards and guaranteed immortality for screen lovers Montgomery Clift and Elizabeth Taylor. Clift is a poor young man determined to win a place in respectable society and the heart of beautiful socialite Elizabeth Taylor. Shelley Winters plays the factory girl whose dark secret threatens Clift's professional and romantic prospects. Consumed with fear and desire, Clift is ultimately driven to a desperate act of passion that unravels his world forever. |
| Language |
Closed-captioned. |
| Note |
GMD: videorecording. |
| Local Note |
Some of the Simsbury Public Library items are are part of the Hayes Collection. |
| Subject |
Triangles (Interpersonal relations) -- Drama.
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New York (State) -- Drama.
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Trials (Murder) -- Drama.
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Young men -- Drama.
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Feature films.
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Films for the hearing impaired.
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| Added Author |
Clift, Montgomery. Actor.
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Taylor, Elizabeth, 1932-2011. Actor.
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Winters, Shelley. Actor.
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Brasselle, Keefe. Actor.
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Stevens, George, 1904-1975. Production personnel. Director.
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Wilson, Michael, 1914-1978. Screenwriter.
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Brown, Harry, 1917-1986. Screenwriter.
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Dreiser, Theodore, 1871-1945.
American tragedy.
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Paramount Pictures Corporation (1914-1927)
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| ISBN |
0792172841 |
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9780792172840 |
| Standard No. |
097360581546 |
| Music No. |
05815 Paramount |
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