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Mary Silliman's war / produced by Heritage Films and Citadel Films ; produced by Steven Schecter & Barry Cowling ; written by Steven Schecter & Louisa Burns-Bisogno ; directed by Stephen Surjik.
LIBRA VHS CT275.F5586 M37 1998
Available from offsite location
- Format:
- Video
- Author/Creator:
- Buel, Richard, 1933- author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Silliman, Mary Fish Noyes, 1736-1818--Drama.
- Silliman, Mary Fish Noyes, 1736-1818.
- Women--United States--History--18th century--Drama.
- Families.
- History.
- Women.
- United States--History--Revolution, 1775-1783--Women--Drama.
- Families--United States--18th century--Drama.
- Buel, Joy Day--Film adaptations.
- Buel, Richard, 1933---Film adaptations.
- United States.
- Genre:
- Biographical films.
- War films.
- Made-for-TV movies.
- Feature films.
- Film adaptations.
- Drama.
- Video recordings.
- Physical Description:
- 1 videocassette (94 min.) : sound, color ; 1/2 in.
- 1/2 in.
- polychrome
- Place of Publication:
- Thousand Oaks, CA : Heritage Films ; Burbank, CA : Producers Post, 1998.
- System Details:
- VHS, NTSC.
- analog
- magnetic
- VHS
- NTSC
- Summary:
- Based on the memoir and letters of Mary Silliman whose husband, a patriot leader, was kidnapped by tories from their Fairfield, Conn., home during the American Revolutionary War, this film depicts the struggles and divisions in this New England town, as well as Mary's personal dilemmas and confrontations in seeking her husband's freedom while still tending to the needs of their family.
- Participant:
- Nancy Palk, Richard Donat, Diane D'Aquila.
- Credits:
- Cinematography, Alar Kivilo; editor, Joanne D'Antonio, Alan L. Shefland; music, John Welsman.
- Notes:
- Videocassette release of the motion picture produced in 1994.
- Based on: The way of duty / by Joy Day Buel and Richard Buel, Jr.
- Made possible by National Endowment for the Humanities ... [et al.].
- "VHS NTSC DUB: 01/07/98."
- Produced with the participation of the Nova Scotia Film Development Corporation.
- OCLC:
- 38877471
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