BURNS, ROBERT

Produced by James A. FitzPatrick. Musical and dramatic film presentation of the life of Robert Burns, made in England and Scotland, where the events of his life actually took place. The story is told of the poet's uncertain existence, his love of freedom and homeland, his appreciation of beauty, his brief rise to fame in the literary circles of Edinburgh and, finally, his decline and its unfortunate outcome. "The subject is recommended by the Motion Picture Committee of the Department of Secondary Teachers of the N.E.A. Many of Burns's poems are heard in the film." Movie makers