The Kim Novak collection

Resource Information

The work The Kim Novak collection represents a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Austin Public Library. This resource is a combination of several types including: Work, Moving Image, Visual Materials.

Label

The Kim Novak collection

Statement of responsibility

Columbia Pictures

Contributor

• Inge, William
• Balsam, Martin, 1919-1996
• Justin, George, 1916-2008
• Bassman, George, 1914-1997
• Kingsley, Dorothy
• Kohlmar, Fred, 1905-1969
• trueGingold, Hermione, 1897-1987
• Kovacs, Ernie, 1919-1962
• Phoenix (Firm)
• trueLanchester, Elsa, 1902-1986
• Julian Blaustein Productions
• Essex Productions, Inc
• Lemmon, Jack
• trueFuchs, Daniel, 1909-1993
• Levien, Sonya, 1888?-1960
• Logan, Joshua
• Blaustein, Julian
• Field, Betty, 1918-1973
• Mann, Delbert, 1920-2007
• March, Fredric, 1897-1975
• Columbia Pictures
• Moorehead, Agnes, 1906-1974
• Stewart, James, 1908-1997
• Taradash, Daniel, 1913-2003
• Novak, Kim
• trueO'Hara, John, 1905-1970
• Strasberg, Susan
• Philips, Lee, 1927-1999
• Quine, Richard, 1920-1989
• Farrell, Glenda, 1904-1971
• trueFante, John, 1909-1983
• Robertson, Cliff, 1923-2011
• Rodgers, Richard, 1902-1979
• Duning, George
• Van Druten, John, 1901-1957
• Rule, Janice
• Russell, Rosalind
• trueChayefsky, Paddy, 1923-1981
• Sidney, George, 1916-2002
• Chandler, Jeff, 1918-1961
• Dekker, Albert, 1905-1968
• Sinatra, Frank, 1915-1998
• trueGrant, Lee, 1927-
• Hart, Lorenz, 1895-1943
• Hayworth, Rita, 1918-1987
• Holden, William, 1918-1981
• Sudan
• Howe, James Wong
• Sony Pictures Home Entertainment (Firm)

Actor

• trueGingold, Hermione, 1897-1987
• Field, Betty, 1918-1973
• Farrell, Glenda, 1904-1971
• Dekker, Albert, 1905-1968
• Strasberg, Susan
• Stewart, James, 1908-1997
• Russell, Rosalind
• Rule, Janice
• Robertson, Cliff, 1923-2011
• Philips, Lee, 1927-1999
• Novak, Kim
• Moorehead, Agnes, 1906-1974
• March, Fredric, 1897-1975
• Lemmon, Jack
• trueLanchester, Elsa, 1902-1986
• Kovacs, Ernie, 1919-1962
• Chandler, Jeff, 1918-1961
• Holden, William, 1918-1981
• Balsam, Martin, 1919-1996
• trueGrant, Lee, 1927-

Composer

• Duning, George

Director

• Logan, Joshua
• Rodgers, Richard, 1902-1979
• Sidney, George, 1916-2002
• Quine, Richard, 1920-1989
• Mann, Delbert, 1920-2007

Director of photography

• Howe, James Wong

Producer

• Kohlmar, Fred, 1905-1969
• Sidney, George, 1916-2002
• Justin, George, 1916-2008
• Blaustein, Julian

Screenwriter

• Kingsley, Dorothy
• Taradash, Daniel, 1913-2003
• trueChayefsky, Paddy, 1923-1981
• trueFante, John, 1909-1983
• Levien, Sonya, 1888?-1960
• trueFuchs, Daniel, 1909-1993

Subject

• Romantic comedy films
• Actresses -- Drama
• Divorced women -- Drama
• Drifters -- Drama
• Entertainers -- Drama
• Feature films
• Feature films -- United States
• Fiction films
• Film adaptations
• Inge, William -- Film adaptations
• Kansas -- Drama
• Man-woman relationships -- Drama
• Musical films
• Nightclubs -- Drama
• O'Hara, John, 1905-1970 -- Film adaptations
• Romance films
• Triangles (Interpersonal relations) -- Drama
• Van Druten, John, 1901-1957 -- Film adaptations
• Video recordings for the hearing impaired
• Witches -- Drama

Genre

• Musical films
• Video recordings for the hearing impaired
• Romantic comedy films
• Romance films
• Film adaptations
• Fiction films
• Feature films
• trueDrama

Language

eng

Summary

• Picnic: A slice-of-life drama set in small town Kansas; a drifter drops in on his old college buddy, and falls for the buddy's girl
• Jeanne Eagels:The tragic career of a stage and screen star whose climb for the top pushed her over the edge
• Bell Book and Candle: A witch gets bored, and longs for a more 'normal' existence, only to fall in love with her upstairs neighbor
• Middle of the Night: A young woman is in a relationship with her boss, nearly twice her age, and their families' disapproval threatens their happiness
• Pal Joey: A charming louse and former chorus girl turned rich widow seem made for each other, until the nice girl from a nice town comes along and shakes everything up

Member of

• Bell book and candle (Motion picture)
• Jeanne Eagels
• Middle of the night (Motion picture)
• Pal Joey (Motion picture)
• Picnic (Motion picture)

Awards note

Picnic: Academy Awards, 1956: Best art direction-set decoration, best editing.

Cataloging source

WIQ

Characteristic

videorecording

Credits note

• Picnic: Columbia Pictures presents ; screenplay by Daniel Taradash ; produced by Fred Kohlmar ; directed by, Joshua Logan ; cinematographer, James Wong Howe ; music composed by George Duning
• Jeanne Eagels: Columbia Pictures presents ; screenplay by Daniel Fuchs, Sonya Levien, John Fante ; story by Daniel Fuchs ; music composed by George Duning ; produced and directed by George Sidney
• Bell book and candle: Columbia Pictures presents a Phoenix production ; screenplay by Daniel Taradash ; produced by Julian Blaustein ; directed by Richard Quine ; music composed by George Duning
• Middle of the night: Columbia Pictures presents a Sudan production ; screenplay by Paddy Shayefsky ; produced by George Justin ; directed by Delbert Mann
• Pal Joey / Columbia Pictures presents a Essex-George Sidney production ; screenplay by Dorothy Kingsley ; produced by Fred Kohlmar ; directed by George Sidney ; music by Richard Rodgers ; lyrics by Lorenz Hart

Intended audience

Picnic: Rating: PG ; Jeanne Eagels, Bell book and candle, Middle of the night, and Pal Joey not rated

Language note

Optional English (SDH) subtitles for the deaf and hard-of-hearing

PerformerNote

• Picnic: William Holden, Kim Novak, Betty Field, Susan Strasberg, Cliff Robertson, Rosalind Russell
• Jeanne Eagels: Kim Novak, Jeff Chandler, Agnes Moorhead
• Bell book and candle: James Stewart, Kim Novak, Jack Lemmon, Ernie Kovacs, Hermione Gingold, Elsa Lanchester, Janice Rule
• Middle of the night: Kim Novak, Fredric March, Glenda Farrell, Albert Dekker, Martin Balsam, Lee Grant, Lee Philips
• Pal Joey: Rita Hayworth, Frank Sinatra, Kim Novak

Runtime

550

Technique

live action