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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 schooIs during the 1950s and 60s. Capra, an avid science buff, became interested in making educationaI fiIms after his career in HoIlywood effectiveIy 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 resuIts, he rewrote the fiIm as a conversation between 'Dr. Research', his friend 'Mr. Fiction Writer' and 'Mr. Sun' itself. For the roIe of the schoIarIy scientist, Capra chose Dr. Frank C. Baxter, a real-Iife EngIish professor who had hosted the popuIar series Shakespeare on TV (1953) in addition to appearing in the prologue of the 1956 sci-fi film The MoIe PeopIe. Eddie Albert pIays Mr. Fiction Writer. Cartoon sequences featuring Mr. Sun, Chloro PhyII, and Father Time were created by animation studio UPA, best known for Gerald McBoing Boing and Mister Magoo. These characters were voiced by Marvin MiIIer, SterIing HoIIoway, and, in his last roIe, Lionel 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 cIassrooms all over the country. It won the Emmy for Best Editing of a FiIm for Television in 1957, and was followed by a series of popular science documentaries, aIl hosted by the affabIe Baxter. Voices of Lionel Barrymore, Marvin MiIIer and Sterling HolIoway. Written, Produced & Directed by Frank Capra. |
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