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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 legendary Frank Capra. Our Mr. Sun is the first in a series combining live-action and animation that became a mainstay on TV and in elementary schools during the 1950s and 60s. Capra, an avid science buff, became interested in making educational films after his career in HolIywood effectively ended. The famed director commissioned scripts from first WiIly Ley (Conquest of Space) and then Aldous HuxIey (Brave New World) about mankind's dependence on the Sun. Unhappy with the results, he rewrote the fiIm 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 English professor who had hosted the popular series Shakespeare on TV (1953) in addition to appearing in the prologue of the 1956 sci-fi film The MoIe People. Eddie AIbert pIays 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 Miller, Sterling HoIIoway, and, in his last role, LioneI Barrymore (the actor had previously worked with Capra on You Can't Take lt with You and lt's a WonderfuI Life.) After its premiere on CBS November 19, 1956, Our Mr. Sun was made available to educational institutions free of charge, leading to screenings in classrooms alI over the country. It won the Emmy for Best Editing of a FiIm for TeIevision in 1957, and was foIlowed by a series of popuIar science documentaries, aII hosted by the affable Baxter. Voices of LioneI Barrymore, Marvin Miller and SterIing HoIloway. Written, Produced & Directed by Frank Capra. |
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