A Place in the Sun

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film romantic drama film

A Place in the Sun is a 1951 American romantic drama film, based on Theodore Dreiser’s novel "An American Tragedy," renowned for its tragic love story and acclaimed performances by Elizabeth Taylor and Montgomery Clift.

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A Place in the Sun canonical 18
A Place in the Sun (1951 film) 2

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf film ⓘ
romantic drama film ⓘ
AFIRecognition AFI's 100 Years...100 Movies ⓘ
surface form: AFI's 100 Years...100 Movies list

AFI's 100 Years...100 Passions ⓘ
surface form: AFI's 100 Years...100 Passions list
award Academy Award for Best Cinematography ⓘ
surface form: Academy Award for Best Cinematography, Black-and-White

Academy Award for Best Costume Design ⓘ
surface form: Academy Award for Best Costume Design, Black-and-White

Academy Award for Best Director ⓘ
Academy Award for Best Film Editing ⓘ
Academy Award for Best Picture ⓘ
surface form: Academy Award for Best Motion Picture

Academy Award for Best Original Score ⓘ
surface form: Academy Award for Best Music, Scoring of a Dramatic Picture

Academy Award for Best Screenplay ⓘ
surface form: Academy Award for Best Writing, Screenplay
awardWinner George Stevens ⓘ
basedOn An American Tragedy ⓘ
basedOnAuthor Theodore Dreiser ⓘ
cinematographyBy William C. Mellor NERFINISHED ⓘ
colorProcess black-and-white photography ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
director George Stevens ⓘ
distributedIn theatrical release ⓘ
distributor Paramount Pictures ⓘ
editedBy William Hornbeck ⓘ
festivalRecognition Cannes Film Festival entry ⓘ
format black-and-white ⓘ
genre romantic drama ⓘ
mainCharacter Alice Tripp ⓘ
Angela Vickers ⓘ
George Eastman ⓘ
musicBy Franz Waxman ⓘ
nominations Academy Award for Best Actor ⓘ
Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress ⓘ
surface form: Academy Award for Best Actress in a Supporting Role
notableFor performances by Elizabeth Taylor and Montgomery Clift ⓘ
tragic love story ⓘ
originalLanguage English ⓘ
producer George Stevens ⓘ
productionCompany Paramount Pictures ⓘ
releaseDateUS 1951-08-14 ⓘ
releaseYear 1951 ⓘ
runningTimeMinutes 122 ⓘ
screenwriter Harry Brown ⓘ
Michael Wilson ⓘ
setting United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
starring Elizabeth Taylor ⓘ
Montgomery Clift ⓘ
Shelley Winters ⓘ
theme class differences ⓘ
crime and punishment ⓘ
tragic love ⓘ
title A Place in the Sun self-link ⓘ

Referenced by (20)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Elizabeth Taylor → notableWork → A Place in the Sun ⓘ
Anne Revere → notableWork → A Place in the Sun ⓘ
Montgomery Clift → notableWork → A Place in the Sun ⓘ
Edith Head → notableWork → A Place in the Sun ⓘ
Raymond Burr → participatedIn → A Place in the Sun ⓘ
this entity surface form: A Place in the Sun (1951 film)
George Stevens → notableWork → A Place in the Sun ⓘ
George Stevens → directed → A Place in the Sun ⓘ
A Place in the Sun → title → A Place in the Sun self-link ⓘ
Michael Wilson → notableWork → A Place in the Sun ⓘ
Edward Montgomery Clift → notableWork → A Place in the Sun ⓘ
Clift → notableWork → A Place in the Sun ⓘ
subject surface form: Montgomery Clift
Ron Miller → notableWork → A Place in the Sun ⓘ
An American Tragedy → filmAdaptation → A Place in the Sun ⓘ
this entity surface form: A Place in the Sun (1951 film)
24th Academy Awards → bestDirectorFilm → A Place in the Sun ⓘ
24th Academy Awards → notableWinner → A Place in the Sun ⓘ
24th Academy Awards → recognizedFilm → A Place in the Sun ⓘ
Ivan Moffat → notableWork → A Place in the Sun ⓘ
Ivan Moffat → coWrote → A Place in the Sun ⓘ
Ivan Moffat → workedOn → A Place in the Sun ⓘ
William Hornbeck → notableWork → A Place in the Sun ⓘ