Picnic (1955)
| Release Date | 01 November 1955 |
| Tagline | Electrically attracted to each other...Overwhelmingly engulfed by it...Guiltily in love! |
| Genre | Drama, Romance |
| Country | USA |
| Filming Locations | Burbank Studios, California, USA |
| Language | English |
| Sound Mix | 4-Track Stereo |
| Color | Color |
| Film Type | Feature |
| Film Class | Americana, Rural Drama |
| Themes | Love Triangles, Small-Town Life, Self-Destructive Romance |
| Tones | Literate, Atmospheric, Stylized, Talky, Tense |
| Tags | Drifter, Fiancee, Friendship, Lust, Schoolteacher, Sexual Attraction, Small Town, Spinster |
Picnic is a 1955 Cinemascope film in Technicolor. It tells the story of an ex-college football star turned drifter who arrives in a small Kansas town on Labor Day and is drawn to a girl who is already spoken for. The screenplay was adapted by Daniel Taradash from William Inge's Pulitzer Prize-winning play.
Cast and Crew
Cast
Warren Frederick Adams
Stranger
Carle E. Baker
Grain Elevator Worker
George E. Bemis
Neighbor
Steve Benton
Policeman
Harold A. Beyer
Chamber of Commerce Member
Paul R. Cochran
Chamber of Commerce Member
Adlai Zeph Fisher
Chamber of Commerce Member
Don C. Harvey
Policeman
Flomanita Jackson
Committeewoman
Henry Pagueo
Mayor
Harry Sherman Schall
Chamber of Commerce Member
Floyd Steinbeck
Chamber of Commerce Member
Wayne R. Sullivan
Foreman
Henry P. Watson
Chamber of Commerce President
Abraham Weinlood
Trainman - Before Opening Credits
Director
Writer
Daniel Taradash
William Inge
Producer
Fred Kohlmar
producer
Original Music
George Duning
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Cinematographer
Editor
William A. Lyon
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Charles Nelson
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Production Designer
Jo Mielziner
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Art Director
William Flannery
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Set Decorator
Robert Priestley
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Costume Designer
Makeup Department
Clay Campbell
makeup artist
Helen Hunt
hair stylist
Robert J. Schiffer
makeup artist
Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Carter De Haven Jr.
assistant director
Sound Department
George Cooper
sound
John P. Livadary
recording supervisor
Camera and Electrical Department
Ray Cory
photographer: second unit
Editorial Department
Ralph James Hall
assistant editor
Music Department
Edgar De Lange
composer: song "Moonglow"
Chet Forrest
composer: song "It's A Blue World"
Will Hudson
composer: song "Moonglow"
Irving Mills
composer: song "Moonglow"
Arthur Morton
orchestrator
Bob Wright
composer: song "It's A Blue World"
Milton Ager
composer: song
Annie Fortescue Harrison
composer: song
J.L. Molloy
composer: song
Bob Thompson
music arranger
Jack Yellen
composer: song
Other Crew
Henri Jaffa
technicolor color consultant
Miriam Nelson
choreographer
Production Company
Columbia Pictures Corporation
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Distributor
Columbia Pictures
,
Columbia TriStar Home Video
,
Action Gitanes
Columbia C.E.I.A.D.
Columbia Films
Columbia Films S.A.
Columbia
Columbia TriStar Home Video
SPHE
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Miscellaneous
Sunset Gower Studios
sound stages
Ultra Film Synchron
german dubbing
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Pulitzer Prize for Drama
Picnic
