Give us this day / J. Arthur Rank presents ; a Geiger-Bronston production of Edward Dmytryk's ; from the novel "Christ in concrete" by Pietro di Donato ; screenplay by Ben Barzman ; treatment by Pietro di Donato ; adaptation by John Penn ; producers, Rod E. Geiger, N.A. Bronston ; director, Edward Dmytryk.

Give us this day / J. Arthur Rank presents ; a Geiger-Bronston production of Edward Dmytryk's ; from the novel "Christ in concrete" by Pietro di Donato ; screenplay by Ben Barzman ; treatment by Pietro di Donato ; adaptation by John Penn ; producers, Rod E. Geiger, N.A. Bronston ; director, Edward Dmytryk.

Explores the immigrant experience in America, the complex family bonds of Italian-Americans, the difficult struggle to build a better life for themselves and their children. Suppressed after release, this film was long believed to be lost.

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Bibliographic Details
Contributors: Di Donato, Pietro, 1911-1992, Wanamaker, Sam, 1919-1993 (Actor), Padovani, Lea, 1920-1991 (Actor), Ryan, Kathleen, 1922-1985 (Actor), Colleano, Bonar, 1924-1958 (Actor), Goldner, Charles (Actor), Seletsky, Harold (Commentator), Wallach, Eli, 1915-2014 (Performer), Barzman, Ben (Screenwriter), Richards, C. Pennington (director of photography.)
Corporate Contributor: Rank Organisation
Format: Video DVD
Language:English
Published: [United States?] : Allday Entertainment, [2003?]
Subjects:
Immigrants > United States > Drama.
Italian Americans > Drama.
Feature films.
Local Note:Emerson College: Gift of Charles L. Hoyt.
Description
Summary:Explores the immigrant experience in America, the complex family bonds of Italian-Americans, the difficult struggle to build a better life for themselves and their children. Suppressed after release, this film was long believed to be lost.
Item Description:Based on a novel by Pietro di Donato.
Originally produced as a motion picture in 1949.
A foreign film (Great Britain).
"Side A. Feature (116 mins); Side B. Bonus features."
Special features include audio commentary by several authors ; Harold Seletsky's 1965 spoken word opera version performed by Eli Wallach ; featurette ; home movie footage of Pietro di Donato ; photo gallery ; biographies ; information on development and distribution of the film.
Accompanying leaflet cosists of essay about "Christ in concrete" by "David Kalat, 2003".
Physical Description:1 videodisc (116 min.) : sound, black-and-white ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 leaflet (4 unnumbered pages : illustrations (some color) ; 19 cm)
Format:DVD, dual sided; NTSC; Dolby digital.
Production Credits:Art director, A. Vetchinsky ; director of photography, C. Pennington Richards ; film editor, John Guthridge ; music composed and conducted by Benjamin Frankel.
Participant or Performer:Sam Wanamaker, Lea Padovani, Kathleen Ryan, Bonar Colleano, Charles Goldner [and others].

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