Sun shines bright

Duration: 90

Year Published: 1953

Creator: Argosy Pictures Corp. ; John Ford and Merian C. Cooper's Argosy Production ; presenter, Herbert J. Yates ; writer, Laurence Stallings ; director, John Ford.

Format: 16mm

Color: B&W

Sound: sound

Credits: Ford, John, 1894-1973.; Cooper, Merian C.; Yates, Herbert J., 1880-1966.; Stallings, Laurence, 1894-1968.; Cobb, Irvin S. (Irvin Shrewsbury), 1876-1944, Sun shines bright.; Cobb, Irvin S. (Irvin Shrewsbury), 1876-1944, Mob from Massac.; Cobb, Irvin S. (Irvin Shrewsbury), 1876-1944, Lord provides.; Stout, Archie J., 1886-1973.; Hotaling, Frank.; Murray, Jack.; Young, Victor, 1900-1956.; Winninger, Charles, 1884-1969.; Whelan, Arleen, 1914-1993.; Russell, John, 1920-; Fetchit, Stepin.; Argosy Pictures Corporation.; Republic Pictures Corporation.

Description: Production dates and credits taken from AFI Catalog.; "Based on the short story "The Sun Shines Bright" by Irvin S. Cobb in Hearst's International-Cosmopolitan (Apr 1931); his short story "The Mob from Massac" included in the collection Back Home: Being the Narrative of Judge Priest and his People (New York, 1912); and his short story "The Lord Provides" in The Saturday Evening Post (9 Oct 1915)." --AFI Catalog; Pacific Film Archive collection; non-circulating. CBPF.; Director of photography, Archie Stout ; art, Frank Hotaling ; editor, Jack Murray; music, Victor Young ; sound, T. A. Carman, Howard Wilson.; American film institute catalog: Within our gates: ethnicity in American feature films, 1911-1960 989.; Charles Winninger [(Judge William Billy Pittman Priest)], Arleen Whelan [(Lucy Lee)], John Russell [(Ashby Corwin)], Stepin Fetchit [(Jeff)], Russell Simpson [(Dr. Lake)], Ludwig Stossel [(Herman Felsburg)], Francis Ford [(Feeney)], Paul Hurst [(Sgt. Jimmy Bagby)], Mitchell Lewis [(Andy Redcliffe)], Grant Withers [(Buck Ransey)], Milburn Stone [(Horace K. Maydew)], Dorothy Jordan [(Lucys mother)], Elzie Emanuel [(You Ess)], Henry O'Neill [(Habersham)], Slim Pickens [(Sterling)], James Kirkwood [(Gen. Fairfield)], Ernest Whitman [(Uncle Pleasant Pleas Woodford)].; Vivid and compelling tale about a Fairfield, Kentucky judge whose compassionate nature involves him in romantic and racial affairs packed with political suicide.; PFA 1616-108-8614. D0108

Metadata Source:BERKELEY ART MUSEUM AND PACIFIC FILM ARCHIVE