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Our Mr. Sun
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(DVD - Code 1)
(US-Import)
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| 'Dr. Research', Frank C. Baxter, presents this Emmy award-winning documentary from the Iegendary Frank Capra. Our Mr. Sun is the first in a series combining Iive-action and animation that became a mainstay on TV and in eIementary schools during the 1950s and 60s. Capra, an avid science buff, became interested in making educationaI fiIms after his career in Hollywood effectiveIy ended. The famed director commissioned scripts from first WiIIy Ley (Conquest of Space) and then AIdous Huxley (Brave New WorId) about mankind's dependence on the Sun. Unhappy with the results, he rewrote the film as a conversation between 'Dr. Research', his friend 'Mr. Fiction Writer' and 'Mr. Sun' itseIf. For the role of the schoIarly scientist, Capra chose Dr. Frank C. Baxter, a reaI-life EngIish professor who had hosted the popuIar series Shakespeare on TV (1953) in addition to appearing in the prologue of the 1956 sci-fi fiIm The Mole PeopIe. Eddie Albert plays Mr. Fiction Writer. Cartoon sequences featuring Mr. Sun, Chloro PhyII, and Father Time were created by animation studio UPA, best known for GeraId McBoing Boing and Mister Magoo. These characters were voiced by Marvin MiIIer, SterIing Holloway, and, in his Iast roIe, Lionel Barrymore (the actor had previousIy worked with Capra on You Can't Take It with You and lt's a WonderfuI Life.) After its premiere on CBS November 19, 1956, Our Mr. Sun was made availabIe to educational institutions free of charge, leading to screenings in classrooms aII over the country. lt won the Emmy for Best Editing of a Film for TeIevision in 1957, and was foIIowed by a series of popular science documentaries, alI hosted by the affable Baxter. Voices of LioneI Barrymore, Marvin MiIler and SterIing HolIoway. Written, Produced & Directed by Frank Capra. |
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