Winterset (film)
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| Directed by | Alfred Santell |
| Produced by | Pandro S. Berman |
| Written by |
Maxwell Anderson Anthony Veiller |
| Starring | Burgess Meredith |
| Cinematography | J. Peverell Marley |
| Edited by | William Hamilton |
| Distributed by | RKO |
Release dates |
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Running time | 77 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $407,000[2] |
| Box office | $682,000[2] |
Winterset is a 1936 American crime film directed by Alfred Santell, based on the play by Maxwell Anderson.
The film greatly changes the ending of the play, in which the lovers Mio and Miriamne are shot to death by gangsters. In the film, the two are cornered, but Mio deliberately causes a commotion by loudly playing a nearby abandoned hurdy-gurdy and deliberately causing himself and Miriamne to be arrested, thus placing them out of reach from the gangsters.
Cast
- Burgess Meredith as Mio Romagna
- Margo as Miriamne Esdras
- Eduardo Ciannelli as Trock Estrella
- Maurice Moscovitch as Esdras
- Paul Guilfoyle as Garth Esdras
- Edward Ellis as Judge Gaunt
- Stanley Ridges as Shadow
- Mischa Auer as A radical
- Willard Robertson as Policeman
- Alec Craig as Oak
- John Carradine as Bartolomeo Romagna
- Myron McCormick as Carr
- Helen Jerome Eddy as Maria Romagna
- Barbara Pepper as A girl
- Fernanda Eliscu as Piny
Reception
The film made a loss of $2,000.[2]
Awards
The film was nominated for two Academy Awards, one for Best Art Direction by Perry Ferguson and the other for Original Score by Nathaniel Shilkret.[3][4]
References
- ↑ "Winterset: Detail View". American Film Institute. Retrieved April 10, 2014.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Richard Jewel, 'RKO Film Grosses: 1931-1951', Historical Journal of Film Radio and Television, Vol 14 No 1, 1994 p56
- ↑ "The 9th Academy Awards (1937) Nominees and Winners". oscars.org. Archived from the original on 6 July 2011. Retrieved 2011-08-07.
- ↑ "NY Times: Winterset". NY Times. Retrieved 2008-12-08.
External links
Media related to Winterset at Wikimedia Commons
- Winterset at the American Film Institute Catalog
- Winterset at the Internet Movie Database
- Winterset is available for free download at the Internet Archive