STARLIGHT NIGHT

Duration: 36min

Year Published: 1939

Creator: Hoffberg Productions, Inc

Format: 16mm

Sound: Sound

Description: In 1811 Francis Gruber, the village school teacher of Obervilie in the Tyrolean Alps, and his close friend the village priest, Father Joseph Mohr, witnessed the story behind the hymn "Silent Night, Holy Night." The narrative leads to the creation of the carol.

Complete Record: Dewey number: 784 Audience level: jh-sh-adult Review source: "Chief merit is its basis on fact. Recommend for any classes in musical appreciation, N.E.A." Format/cost: 16-sd-apply Distributors / rental: Bell & Howell Company $1.50 ea; National Film Service $27 ea; rent $1.50 ea; Institutional Cinema Service, Inc $12.50; Eastin Pictures Company sd $1.50

Metadata Source:Educational Film Guide 1946