Our Mr Sun (2 Parts)

Genre: Educational

Format: 16mm

Sound: sound

Description:

SPONSOR: American Telephone & Telegraph Co. PRODUCTION CO.: Frank Capra Productions Inc. DIRECTORS:Frank Capra, William T. Hurtz. PRODUCER/WRITER: Frank Capra. ANIMATION: United Productions of America.CA From the series Eddie Albert, Frank Baxter, Lionel Barrymore, Sterling Holloway, Marvin Miller. RESOURCES: Copyright71Our Mr. SunLP9113 7Nov56; Jack Gould, “Television: Our Mr. Sun,” NYT, Nov. 20, 1956, 58; Richard Dyer MacCann,“Use of Animated Cartoons to Expand TV Techniques,” CSM, Nov. 20, 1956, 9; “Industry Takes a Hand,” BusScrn 18, no. 7 (1957): 38–39; James Gilbert, Redeeming Culture: American Religion in an Age of Science(Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1997), 199–223. HOLDINGS: AAFF, GEH, LC, LC/Prelinger, UCLA.Popular scientific film directed by Frank Capra that launched the Bell System Science series.Combining animation and live action, Our Mr. Sun uses a scientist-writer team to presentinformation about the sun and its importance to humankind. NOTE: Produced in Technicolor,the film was originally telecast in 1956 and 1957 to 9 million homes; some 600 16mm printswere distributed to schools and community organizations through the Bell Telephone Systemfilm libraries.

Complete Record: SPONSOR: American Telephone & Telegraph Co. PRODUCTION CO.: Frank Capra Productions Inc. DIRECTORS:Frank Capra, William T. Hurtz. PRODUCER/WRITER: Frank Capra. ANIMATION: United Productions of America.CA From the series Eddie Albert, Frank Baxter, Lionel Barrymore, Sterling Holloway, Marvin Miller. RESOURCES: Copyright71Our Mr. SunLP9113 7Nov56; Jack Gould, “Television: Our Mr. Sun,” NYT, Nov. 20, 1956, 58; Richard Dyer MacCann,“Use of Animated Cartoons to Expand TV Techniques,” CSM, Nov. 20, 1956, 9; “Industry Takes a Hand,” BusScrn 18, no. 7 (1957): 38–39; James Gilbert, Redeeming Culture: American Religion in an Age of Science(Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1997), 199–223. HOLDINGS: AAFF, GEH, LC, LC/Prelinger, UCLA.Popular scientific film directed by Frank Capra that launched the Bell System Science series.Combining animation and live action, Our Mr. Sun uses a scientist-writer team to presentinformation about the sun and its importance to humankind. NOTE: Produced in Technicolor,the film was originally telecast in 1956 and 1957 to 9 million homes; some 600 16mm printswere distributed to schools and community organizations through the Bell Telephone Systemfilm libraries.