Written on the Wind

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Technicolor film film melodrama film

Written on the Wind is a 1956 Technicolor melodrama directed by Douglas Sirk, renowned for its lush visual style and emotionally charged tale of a wealthy Texas oil family’s turmoil.

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Written on the Wind canonical 12
Written on the Wind (novel) 1

Statements (52)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Technicolor film ⓘ
film ⓘ
melodrama film ⓘ
artDirector Alexander Golitzen NERFINISHED ⓘ
Richard H. Riedel ⓘ
aspectRatio 1.85:1 ⓘ
awardReceived Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress ⓘ
awardReceivedBy Dorothy Malone ⓘ
basedOn Written on the Wind self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Written on the Wind (novel)
basedOnWorkAuthor Robert Wilder ⓘ
castMember Edward Platt ⓘ
Grant Williams ⓘ
Harry Shannon ⓘ
John Larch ⓘ
Robert J. Wilke ⓘ
Robert Keith ⓘ
William Schallert ⓘ
cinematographer Russell Metty ⓘ
colorProcess Technicolor ⓘ
composer Frank Skinner ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
director Douglas Sirk ⓘ
distributor Universal Pictures ⓘ
editor Alma Macrorie ⓘ
filmFormat 35 mm ⓘ
filmingLocation Universal Studios ⓘ
genre melodrama ⓘ
romantic drama film ⓘ
hasTagline This woman in his arms was now the wife of the man he called his best friend! ⓘ
mainTheme family turmoil ⓘ
self-destruction ⓘ
sexual jealousy ⓘ
wealth and decadence ⓘ
narrativeFocus wealthy Texas oil family ⓘ
nominatedFor Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor ⓘ
nominationReceivedBy Robert Stack ⓘ
notableFor lush visual style ⓘ
use of color to express emotion ⓘ
originalLanguage English ⓘ
partOf Douglas Sirk filmography ⓘ
producer Albert Zugsmith ⓘ
productionCompany Universal-International ⓘ
releaseDate 1956-09-27 ⓘ
releaseYear 1956 ⓘ
runtimeMinutes 99 ⓘ
screenwriter George Zuckerman ⓘ
setInLocation Texas ⓘ
soundMix Mono ⓘ
starring Dorothy Malone ⓘ
Lauren Bacall ⓘ
Robert Stack ⓘ
Rock Hudson ⓘ

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Rock Hudson → notableWork → Written on the Wind ⓘ
29th Academy Awards → bestSupportingActressFilm → Written on the Wind ⓘ
29th Academy Awards → honoredFilm → Written on the Wind ⓘ
Russell Metty → notableWork → Written on the Wind ⓘ
Russell Metty → workedOn → Written on the Wind ⓘ
Robert Stack → notableWork → Written on the Wind ⓘ
Douglas Sirk → notableWork → Written on the Wind ⓘ
Dorothy Malone → notableWork → Written on the Wind ⓘ
Dorothy Malone → participatedIn → Written on the Wind ⓘ
Robert Wilder → notableWork → Written on the Wind ⓘ
Robert Wilder → wrote → Written on the Wind ⓘ
Written on the Wind → basedOn → Written on the Wind self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Written on the Wind (novel)
Betty → notableWork → Written on the Wind ⓘ
subject surface form: Betty Joan Perske