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Title

  • All that heaven allows

Summary

  • A lonely middle-aged widow faces the opposition of her children and the prejudices of a small New England town when she decides to marry a young man whom she had employed as a gardener.

Names

  • Sirk, Douglas, 1897-1987, film director
  • Hunter, Ross, film producer
  • Fenwick, Peg, screenwriter
  • Wyman, Jane, 1917-2007, actor
  • Hudson, Rock, 1925-1985, actor
  • Moorehead, Agnes, 1906-1974, actor
  • Nagel, Conrad, 1897-1970, actor
  • Grey, Virginia, 1917-2004, actor
  • Metty, Russell, cinematographer
  • Skinner, Frank, 1897-1968, music
  • Gershenson, Joseph, music
  • Gross, Frank, 1905-1960, film editor
  • Golitzen, Alexander, 1908-2005, production designer
  • Orbom, Eric, 1915-1959, production designer
  • Lee, Edna, 1890-1963
  • Universal-International (Firm)
  • Universal Pictures Company
  • Copyright Collection (Library of Congress)

Created / Published

  • United States : Universal-International, 1955.

Headings

  • -  Families--Drama
  • -  Marriage--Drama
  • -  Prejudices--Drama
  • -  Cities and towns--Social aspects--Drama

Genre

  • Melodramas (Motion pictures)
  • Romance films
  • Feature films
  • Fiction films

Notes

  • -  LP5683 U.S. Copyright Office
  • -  Copyright: Universal Pictures Co.; 6Dec55; LP5683.
  • -  Based on the novel by Edna L. Lee and Harry Lee.
  • -  Jane Wyman, Rock Hudson, Agnes Moorehead, Conrad Nagel, Virginia Grey.
  • -  Director of photography, Russell Metty ; music, Frank Skinner ; music supervisor, Joseph Gershenson ; film editor, Frank Gross ; production design, Alexander Golitzen, Eric Orbom.
  • -  This film was selected for the National Film Registry.
  • -  LC also holds a DVD viewing copy with added features.
  • -  Not viewed.
  • -  Sources used: M/B/RS preliminary shelflist card; Catalog of copyright entries, motion pictures, 1950-1959; Leonard Maltin's movie and video guide 1992; Variety, October 25, 1955, p. 3, viewed online June 26, 2017; Internet movie database WWW site, viewed June 26, 2017.
  • -  Viewing print recanned July, 1997 from 1000 to 2000 foot cans; formerly numbered FGA 0250-0259.

Medium

  • viewing copy 2 videocassettes of 2 (89 min) : sd., col. ; 3/4 in.
  • viewing copy 1 videoreel of 1 (89 min.) : sd., col. ; 1 in.
  • viewing print 10 film reels of 10 on 5 (89 min., ca. 8,010 ft.) : sd., col., Technicolor ; 35 mm.

Call Number/Physical Location

  • VBI 4306-4307 (viewing copy)
  • VTA 7525 (viewing copy)
  • CGC 5087-5091 (viewing print)

Library of Congress Control Number

  • 97520302

Online Format

  • web page
  • image

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Chicago citation style:

Sirk, Douglas, Film Director, Ross Hunter, Peg Fenwick, Jane Wyman, Rock Hudson, Agnes Moorehead, Conrad Nagel, et al. All That Heaven Allows. produceds by Golitzen, Alexander, Uction Designer, and Orbom, Eric, Uction Designer United States: Universal-International, 1955. Image. https://www.loc.gov/item/97520302/.

APA citation style:

Sirk, D., Hunter, R., Fenwick, P., Wyman, J., Hudson, R., Moorehead, A. [...] Copyright Collection. (1955) All That Heaven Allows. Golitzen, A. & Orbom, E., prods United States: Universal-International. [Image] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/97520302/.

MLA citation style:

Sirk, Douglas, Film Director, et al. All That Heaven Allows. prod by Golitzen, Alexander, Uction Designer, and Orbom, Eric, Uction Designer United States: Universal-International, 1955. Image. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/97520302/>.