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Overview

"This screen adaptation of Thornton Wilder's Pulitzer Prize-winning drama gets a simple presentation for this DVD release. This edition of Our Town -- one of several now available, owing to the film's public domain status -- has been transferred to disc i

Product Details

Release Date:	04/24/2012
UPC:	0683070869724
Original Release:	1940
Rating:	NR
Source:	FOCUS FILM
Presentation:	[B&W]
Sound:	[monaural]
Language:	English
Time:	1:30:00

Special Features

Digitally remastered from the original negative elements; Includes the short film "The Wizard's Apprentice" believed to be the inspiration for the Disney classic "Fantasia" ; Includes the 1943 short subject film "The Town," a study of a typical Midwestern town and it's residents by famed director Josef von Sternberg; Also includes a bonus audio track featuring the entire recreated production of "Our Town" for the Lux Radio Theatre

Cast & Crew

Performance Credits

William Holden	Geogre Gibbs
Martha Scott	Emily Webb
Beulah Bondi	Mrs. Webb
Guy Kibbee	Mr. Webb
Frank Craven	Mr. Morgan, the Narrator
Fay Bainter	Mrs. Gibbs
Thomas Mitchell	Dr. Gibbs
Stuart Erwin	Howie Newsome
Philip Wood	Simon Stinson
Doro Merande	Mrs. Soames
Ruth Tobey	Rebecca Gibbs
Douglas Gardiner	Wally Webb
Arthur Allen	Prof. Willet
Spencer Charters	The Constable
Tim Davis	Joe Crowell,Si Crowell
Dan White	Wedding Guest
Charles Trowbridge	Reverend
Aaron Copland	Composer

Technical Credits

Sol Lesser	Producer
Frank Craven	Screenwriter
Harry Chandlee	Screenwriter
Thornton Wilder	Screenwriter

Scene Index

Side #1 --
1. Main Title [4:14]
2. A Quart of Milk a Day [6:49]
3. History of Our Town [6:37]
4. "Am I Pretty?" [5:40]
5. Choir Rehearsal [8:07]
6. "Night Solomon" [7:13]
7. The Daily Life [11:39]
8. George & Emily: The Beginning [11:16]
9. The Wedding [5:53]
10. Summer of 1913 [8:14]
11. Emily Remembers [5:45]
12. "I Want to Live..." [7:15]
13. Closing Credits [:45]

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Editorial Reviews

Although this film version of Thornton Wilder's classic (and, for its time, innovative) stage play tacks on a dreadful happy ending, the rest of the film is a faithful and moving adaptation of this American classic. Wisely dispensing with any attempt to "cinematize" the play's physical conceit (i.e., that it be performed with essentially no scenery and with props mimed), the movie, by necessity, has a more naturalistic tone to it. Since Wilder's masterwork is about the small moments that make up our lives, however, this is in no way damaging and, in some ways, adds more impact to the proceedings. Simplicity is the key to a successful Our Town, and Sam Wood directs with an appropriate delicacy and warmth. He's helped by a solid cast, headed by Martha Scott's incandescent Emily. The actress is vibrant without becoming overpowering, and her performance in the climactic scene evokes the honest emotion of the script without straying into weepy manipulation. A very young William Holden is not up to the task of matching her portrayal -- he's a little forced and lacks sufficient variety -- but he doesn't damage the film. The rest of the cast -- especially narrator Frank Craven and mothers Beulah Bondi and Fay Bainter -- are top notch. A further bonus is Aaron Copland's magnificent score, which, though it becomes slightly intrusive in one or two instances, possesses such beauty that one easily forgives it for making its presence felt. It has a few flaws, but, overall, this Our Town is a captivating experience.

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