by Ivens, Joris; Hemingway, Ernest; Hellman, Lillian; MacLeish, Archibald; Dos Passos, John; Durant, Helen; Ferno, John; Blitzstein, Marc; Thomson, Virgil; Contemporary Historians, Inc; Prometheus Pictures; Audio Brandon Films
Projected medium / 1937
TitleThe spanish earth
Item typeProjected medium
Author(s)
  • Ivens, Joris
  • Hemingway, Ernest
  • Hellman, Lillian
  • MacLeish, Archibald
  • Dos Passos, John
  • Durant, Helen
  • Ferno, John
  • Blitzstein, Marc
  • Thomson, Virgil
ImprintUnited States Prometheus Pictures, 1937
LanguageEnglish
URLLink to original record
Notes
  • AFI credits the Spanish adaptation to Prudencio de Pereda. AFI also notes that according a 1937 NYT article "Contemporary Historians, Inc. ... was formed by a group of American writers and intellectuals, including Ernest Hemingway, Lillian Hellman, John Dos Passos, Dorothy Parker and Archibald MacLeish. Herman Shumlin acted as the film's director..." "Orson Welles, then twenty years old, initially recorded the commentary, but he was later replaced by Ernest Hemingway." - AFI
  • Production dates and credits taken from AFI.
  • PFA 1616-01-7579. Restricted: Not for research use.
  • Pacific Film Archive collection; non-circulating. CBPF.
  • Photography, John Ferno ; film editor, Helen van Dongen ; sound director, Irving Reis ; music, Marc Blitzstein, Virgil Thomson.
Physical description2 reels of 2 (54 min.) : sd., b&w ; 16 mm. print.

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Date text: 
1937
Author: 
Ivens, JorisHemingway, ErnestHellman, LillianMacLeish, ArchibaldDos Passos, JohnDurant, HelenFerno, JohnBlitzstein, MarcThomson, Virgil
Publisher: 
Prometheus Pictures
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Millenium MARC Record: 
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