The Devil and Daniel Webster

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drama film fantasy film film

The Devil and Daniel Webster is a 1941 fantasy drama film, based on Stephen Vincent Benét’s short story, about a New Hampshire farmer who sells his soul to the Devil and enlists famed orator Daniel Webster to defend him.

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The Devil and Daniel Webster canonical 4
The Devil and Daniel Webster (1941 film) 2
The Devil and Daniel Webster (short story) 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf drama film ⓘ
fantasy film ⓘ
film ⓘ
awardReceived Academy Award for Best Original Score ⓘ
awardReceivedBy Bernard Herrmann ⓘ
basedOn The Devil and Daniel Webster self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: The Devil and Daniel Webster (short story)
basedOnWorkBy Stephen Vincent Benét ⓘ
blackAndWhite true ⓘ
characterIn Daniel Webster ⓘ
Jabez Stone ⓘ
Mr. Scratch ⓘ
cinematographer Joseph H. August NERFINISHED ⓘ
composer Bernard Herrmann ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
director William Dieterle ⓘ
distributor RKO Radio Pictures ⓘ
editor Robert Wise ⓘ
featuresFictionalCharacter Daniel Webster ⓘ
the Devil ⓘ
surface form: The Devil
genre drama ⓘ
fantasy ⓘ
hasAlternativeTitle All That Money Can Buy ⓘ
hasTheme American patriotism ⓘ
Faustian bargain ⓘ
deal with the Devil ⓘ
redemption ⓘ
musicScoreBy Bernard Herrmann ⓘ
narrativeLocation New Hampshire ⓘ
notableFor Bernard Herrmann’s Academy Award-winning score ⓘ
portrayal of the Devil as Mr. Scratch by Walter Huston ⓘ
originalLanguage English ⓘ
partOfFilmMovement Hollywood Golden Age ⓘ
plotSummary A New Hampshire farmer sells his soul to the Devil and seeks Daniel Webster to defend him. ⓘ
producer William Dieterle ⓘ
productionCompany RKO Radio Pictures ⓘ
publicationDate 1941-10-17 ⓘ
releaseYear 1941 ⓘ
runtimeMinutes 107 ⓘ
screenwriter Dan Totheroh ⓘ
Stephen Vincent Benét ⓘ
settingLocation New Hampshire ⓘ
starring Anne Shirley ⓘ
Edward Arnold ⓘ
James Craig ⓘ
Jane Darwell ⓘ
Simone Simon ⓘ
Walter Huston ⓘ

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Anne Revere → notableWork → The Devil and Daniel Webster ⓘ
Jane Darwell → appearedIn → The Devil and Daniel Webster ⓘ
this entity surface form: The Devil and Daniel Webster (1941 film)
Vernon L. Walker → workedOn → The Devil and Daniel Webster ⓘ
this entity surface form: The Devil and Daniel Webster (1941 film)
The Devil and Daniel Webster → basedOn → The Devil and Daniel Webster self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: The Devil and Daniel Webster (short story)
Edward Arnold → notableWork → The Devil and Daniel Webster ⓘ
James Craig → notableWork → The Devil and Daniel Webster ⓘ
Walter Huston → notableWork → The Devil and Daniel Webster ⓘ