The Sun Shines Bright (1953 film)

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American film drama film film

The Sun Shines Bright (1953 film) is a 1953 American drama directed by John Ford, noted for its portrayal of small-town Southern life and often regarded as one of Ford’s most personal works.

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instanceOf American film ⓘ
drama film ⓘ
film ⓘ
basedOn Judge Priest (1934 film) ⓘ
writings of Irvin S. Cobb ⓘ
blackAndWhiteColor black-and-white ⓘ
cinematographyBy Archie Stout ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
director John Ford ⓘ
directorFilmographyPosition late-career John Ford film ⓘ
directorStyleNote considered one of John Ford’s most personal works ⓘ
distributedBy Republic Pictures ⓘ
editedBy Jack Murray ⓘ
featuresCharacter Judge William Priest ⓘ
featuresTheme community and reconciliation ⓘ
race relations in the American South ⓘ
genre drama ⓘ
hasTitle The Sun Shines Bright ⓘ
historicalPeriodDepicted post-Reconstruction American South ⓘ
musicBy Victor Young ⓘ
narrativeFocus Old Judge Priest ⓘ
surface form: Judge Priest
notableFor blend of comedy and drama in a Southern town setting ⓘ
sympathetic depiction of African American characters for its time ⓘ
originalLanguage English ⓘ
portrays small-town Southern life ⓘ
producer John Ford ⓘ
productionCompany Argosy Pictures ⓘ
releaseDate 1953-05-02 ⓘ
releaseYear 1953 ⓘ
remakeOf Judge Priest (1934 film) ⓘ
runtimeMinutes 90 ⓘ
screenwriter Lamar Trotti ⓘ
settingLocation Kentucky ⓘ
settingRegion Southern United States ⓘ
surface form: American South
starring Arleen Whelan ⓘ
Charles Winninger ⓘ
Jane Darwell ⓘ
John Russell ⓘ
Russell Simpson ⓘ
Stepin Fetchit ⓘ

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Jane Darwell → appearedIn → The Sun Shines Bright (1953 film) ⓘ
Charles Winninger → notableWork → The Sun Shines Bright (1953 film) ⓘ