The Story of Ruth

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The Story of Ruth is a 1960 biblical drama film retelling the Old Testament story of Ruth, noted for its religious themes and emotional narrative.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf biblical drama film
film
adaptationType loose adaptation
basedOn Book of Ruth
Bible
surface form: Old Testament
cinematographyBy Arthur E. Arling NERFINISHED
countryOfOrigin United States of America
surface form: United States
director Henry Koster
distributor 20th Century Fox
distributorRegion theatrical
editedBy Harold F. Kress
era 1960s American cinema
filmingProcess CinemaScope
format color
genre biblical drama
drama film
language English
mainCharacter Boaz
Naomi
Ruth
musicBy Franz Waxman
narrativeFocus life of Ruth the Moabite
notableFor emotional narrative
religious themes
portrays conversion to Judaism
faith
loyalty
redemption
producer Samuel G. Engel NERFINISHED
productionCompany 20th Century Fox
releaseDate 1960-06-17
releaseYear 1960
religiousTheme Biblical faith
Judaism
runtimeMinutes 132
screenwriter Norman Corwin
setInPeriod Biblical era
setInRegion Ancient Israel
Moab
starredActor Elana Eden
Jeff Morrow
Peggy Wood
Stuart Whitman
Tom Tryon
Viveca Lindfors
title The Story of Ruth self-link

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Henry Koster notableWork The Story of Ruth
Cäcilie Lvovsky notableWork The Story of Ruth
Stuart Whitman notableWork The Story of Ruth
The Story of Ruth title The Story of Ruth self-link