Ruby Gentry
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Ruby Gentry is a 1952 American melodrama film directed by King Vidor, starring Jennifer Jones as a poor Southern woman whose passionate love and social struggles lead to tragedy.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Ruby Gentry canonical | 3 |
| Ruby Corey | 1 |
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
American film
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film ⓘ melodrama film ⓘ |
| basedOn | original screenplay ⓘ |
| blackAndWhite | true ⓘ |
| BoakeTackmanPlayedBy | Charlton Heston ⓘ |
| cinematographyBy | Edward Cronjager ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| director | King Vidor ⓘ |
| distributedInFormat | theatrical release ⓘ |
| distributor | 20th Century Fox ⓘ |
| editedBy | Robert L. Simpson ⓘ |
| featuresCharacter |
Boake Tackman
ⓘ
Jim Gentry ⓘ |
| filmingProcess | black-and-white cinematography ⓘ |
| genre |
melodrama
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romantic drama film ⓘ |
| hasFilmRatingSystem |
Motion Picture Production Code
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surface form:
Production Code era Hollywood
|
| hasScoreStyle | orchestral film score ⓘ |
| hasTheme |
love across class boundaries
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revenge ⓘ social mobility ⓘ tragedy ⓘ |
| JimGentryPlayedBy | Karl Malden ⓘ |
| mainCharacter |
Ruby Gentry
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
Ruby Corey
|
| musicBy | Franz Waxman ⓘ |
| narrativeFocus | a poor Southern woman whose love and social struggles lead to tragedy ⓘ |
| notableFor |
Jennifer Jones’s performance as Ruby
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depiction of Southern Gothic melodrama elements ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| partOf | 1950s American cinema ⓘ |
| portrays |
class conflict in the American South
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romantic obsession ⓘ social prejudice ⓘ |
| producer | King Vidor ⓘ |
| productionCompany | 20th Century Fox ⓘ |
| releaseDate | 1952-01-23 ⓘ |
| releaseYear | 1952 ⓘ |
| runtimeMinutes | 82 ⓘ |
| screenwriter | Kettle Moraine (story basis credited as "original" screenplay) ⓘ |
| setInPeriod | 20th century ⓘ |
| setInRegion |
Southern United States
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surface form:
American South
|
| starring |
Charlton Heston
ⓘ
James Anderson ⓘ Jennifer Jones ⓘ Karl Malden ⓘ Tom Tully ⓘ |
| titleCharacterPlayedBy | Jennifer Jones ⓘ |
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Ruby Corey