Picnic

Resource Information

The work Picnic represents a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Cedar Rapids Public Library-Metro Library Network. This resource is a combination of several types including: Work, Moving Image, Visual Materials.

Label

Picnic

Statement of responsibility

Columbia Pictures Corporation presents ; screen play by Daniel Taradash ; produced by Fred Kohlmar ; directed by Joshua Logan

Contributor

• Field, Betty, 1918-1973
• Lyon, William
• Felton, Verna, 1890-1966
• Mielziner, Jo, 1901-1976
• Duning, George
• Nelson, Charles, 1901-1997
• Adams, Nick, 1931-1968
• Novak, Kim
• Sony Pictures Home Entertainment (Firm)
• O'Connell, Arthur, 1908-1981
• Robertson, Cliff, 1923-2011
• Russell, Rosalind
• Columbia Pictures Corporation
• Shaw, Reta, 1912-1982
• Stoloff, Morris, 1898-1980
• Strasberg, Susan
• Taradash, Daniel, 1913-2003
• Inge, William
• Howe, James Wong
• Holden, William, 1918-1981
• Kohlmar, Fred, 1905-1969
• Logan, Joshua
• Flannery, William

Actor

• Felton, Verna, 1890-1966
• Novak, Kim
• Adams, Nick, 1931-1968
• O'Connell, Arthur, 1908-1981
• Robertson, Cliff, 1923-2011
• Russell, Rosalind
• Shaw, Reta, 1912-1982
• Strasberg, Susan
• Holden, William, 1918-1981
• Field, Betty, 1918-1973

Art director

• Flannery, William

Conductor

• Stoloff, Morris, 1898-1980

Director of photography

• Howe, James Wong

Editor of moving image work

• Nelson, Charles, 1901-1997
• Lyon, William

Film director

• Logan, Joshua

Film producer

• Kohlmar, Fred, 1905-1969

Presenter

• Columbia Pictures Corporation

Production designer

• Mielziner, Jo, 1901-1976

Publisher

• Sony Pictures Home Entertainment (Firm)

Screenwriter

• Taradash, Daniel, 1913-2003

Subject

• Labor Day -- Kansas -- Drama
• Inge, William -- Film adaptations
• Video recordings for the hearing impaired
• Drifters -- Drama
• Film adaptations
• Video recordings
• Romance films
• Man-woman relationships -- Drama
• Love -- Drama

Genre

• Drama
• Film adaptations

Language

• tha
• eng
• eng
• por
• spa
• chi
• eng
• kor
• por
• spa
• eng

Summary

The story covers one Labor Day week-end in a small Kansas town, and tells about the impact a virile drifter has on the lives of several women in town

Member of

• Columbia classics
• Picnic (Motion picture : 1955)
• Picnic (Motion picture : 1955)
• Picnic (Motion picture : 1955)

Awards note

Winner of two 1955 Academy Awards (Best Color Art Direction and Best Editing) out of six nominations.

Cataloging source

OMP

Characteristic

videorecording

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Credits note

Director of photography, James Wong Howe ; music composed by George Duning ; conducted by Morris Stoloff ; art director, William Flannery ; film editors, Charles Nelson, William A. Lyon ; production designer, Jo Mielziner

Dewey number

791.43/72

Intended audience

MPAA rating: PG; for mild language and thematic elements

Language note

• In English, dubbed Portuguese or dubbed Spanish, with optional subtitles in English, Spanish, Portuguese, Chinese, Korean or Thai
• Closed-captioned

LC call number

PN1997

LC item number

.P5976 2005

PerformerNote

William Holden, Kim Novak, Betty Field, Susan Strasberg, Cliff Robertson, Arthur O'Connell, Verna Felton, Reta Shaw, Nick Adams, Rosalind Russell

Runtime

113

Series statement

Columbia classics

Target audience

general

Technique

live action