Books+ Search Results
Our Town
Title
Our Town [electronic resource (video)] / Public Broadcasting Service (U.S.).
Published
New York, N.Y. : Infobase, [2011], c2003.
Physical Description
1 streaming video file (120 min.) : sd., col., digital file.
Local Notes
Access is available to the Yale community.
Notes
Encoded with permission for digital streaming by Infobase on June 01, 2011.
Films on Demand is distributed by Infobase for Films for the Humanities & Sciences, Cambridge Educational, Meridian Education, and Shopware.
Title from distributor's description.
Access and use
Access restricted by licensing agreement.
Summary
It's a little play with all the big subjects in it, wrote Thornton Wilder in a 1937 letter to Gertrude Stein about what has become his most renowned and frequently performed work. Set at the turn of the 20th century, Our Town reveals the ordinary lives of the people in the small town of Grover's Corners, U.S.A. The play's themes of love and marriage, the transitory nature of existence, and the perspective gained when all is inevitably lost to death have helped give the drama universal appeal. Stage Manager, Paul Newman received both Tony and Emmy award nominations for his performance in this Westport Country Playhouse production.
Variant and related titles
Films on demand.
Format
Images / Online / Video & Film
Language
English
Added to Catalog
May 20, 2019
Series
Masterpiece Classic
System details note
Mode of access: Internet.
System requirements: FOD playback platform.
Audience
6 & up.
Contents
Introduction: 'Our Town' (5:06)
Daily Activities in Grover's Corners (7:15)
Women and Children in Grover's Corners (3:36)
Basics Facts About Grover's Corners (8:13)
Afternoon in Grover's Corners (5:28)
Time Capsule (2:28)
Evening in Grover's Corners (7:03)
Gossip and a Full Moon (5:00)
Day's End in Grover's Corners (3:23)
The Groom's Parents (5:32)
Groom and Father-in-Law (10:10)
Flashback: How George and Emily Fell in Love (13:13)
Sermon from Stage Manager (3:37)
Wedding Day (7:13)
Cemetery Above the Town (6:59)
Burial in Grover's Corners (7:38)
Desire to Return to Earth (2:08)
A Visit with the Living (8:59)
Emily's Return to the Dead (4:16)
Credits: 'Masterpiece Classic: Our Town (2:34)
Videorecording number
43622 Infobase
Subjects
Genre/Form
Educational films.
Internet videos.
Also listed under
Films for the Humanities & Sciences (Firm)
Infobase.
Public Broadcasting Service (U.S.).
Bookmark As
Citation
