The bespoke overcoat

Duration: 37

Year Published: 1955

Creator: Romulus presents ; produced and directed by Jack Clayton ; screenplay by Wolf Mankowitz.

Format: 16mm

Color: B&W

Sound: sound

Credits: Clayton, Jack, 1921-1995, direction, production.; Mankowitz, Wolf, writing.; Gogolʹ, Nikolaĭ Vasilʹevich, 1809-1852. Shinelʹ.; Suschitzky, Wolfgang, camera/lighting.; Auric, Georges, 1899-1983, music.; Masters, Tony, production design.; Kossoff, David, 1919-2005 cast.; Bass, Alfie, cast.; Tilvern, Alan, cast.; Dean, Alf, cast.; Romulus Productions.; Independent Film Distributors.; Brandon Films, inc.

Description: Based on the play by Wolf Mankowitz; suggested by the short story The overcoat, by Nicholas V. Gogol.; Production credits taken from print.; Copyright notice: c1955 by Remus Films.; Pacific Film Archive collection; non-circulating. Access by appt. only. CBPF.; Director of photography, W. Suschitzky ; music by Georges Auric ; art director, Tony Masters.; David Kossoff, Alfie Bass, Alan Tilvern, Alf Dean.; A dramatization about a Jewish tailor who promises to make a warm coat for a frail old clerk who has worked for forty -three years in a cold warehouse surrounded by warm coats but too poor to buy one, telling how the clerk returns after death and with the tailor's help claims his coat. Setting: East End of London.; PFA 1616-108-8442. D0108; PFA 1616-108-8442. 14 Jan 1997; vinegar; Print moved to Vinegar Quarantine in vault; first half of reel is curling badly; second half is ok CONDITION NOTE: Last checked: 2003/9/10 AD level is 0.5, very low; print was moved back to V1 CONDITION NOTE: Last checked: 2010/05/26 Same.

Metadata Source:BERKELEY ART MUSEUM AND PACIFIC FILM ARCHIVE