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Title

  • Shane

Summary

  • A stranger seeking refuge in a Wyoming valley helps a homesteader, his family, and his neighbors in their struggle against ruthless cattle ranchers.

Names

  • Stevens, George, 1904-1975, film direction, film production
  • Guthrie, A. B., Jr. (Alfred Bertram), 1901-1991, screenwriter
  • Sher, Jack, 1913-1988, screenwriter
  • Griggs, Loyal, camera
  • Pereira, Hal, production designer
  • Tyler, Walter, production designer
  • Hornbeck, William, 1901-1983, editing
  • McAdoo, Tom, editing
  • Young, Victor, 1900-1956, music
  • Ladd, Alan, cast
  • Arthur, Jean, 1900-1991, cast
  • Heflin, Van, 1910-1971, cast
  • De Wilde, Brandon, 1942-1972, cast
  • Palance, Jack, 1919-2006, cast
  • Johnson, Ben, 1918-1996, cast
  • Buchanan, Edgar, 1903-1979, cast
  • Meyer, Emile, 1910-1987, cast
  • Cook, Elisha, Jr., cast
  • Spencer, Douglas, 1910-1960, cast
  • Dierkes, John, 1905-1975, cast
  • Corby, Ellen, cast
  • Schaefer, Jack, 1907-1991
  • Paramount Pictures Corporation
  • Copyright Collection (Library of Congress)

Created / Published

  • United States : Paramount Pictures, 1953.

Headings

  • -  Shane--(Fictitious character from Schaefer)--Drama
  • -  Gunfighters--Wyoming--Drama
  • -  Duty--Drama
  • -  Rangelands--Wyoming--Drama
  • -  Frontier and pioneer life--Wyoming--Drama
  • -  Ranchers--Wyoming--Drama

Genre

  • Western films
  • Feature films
  • Fiction films

Notes

  • -  LP2892 U.S. Copyright Office
  • -  Based on the novel of the same title by Jack Schaefer.
  • -  Copyright: Paramount Pictures Corp.; 27May53 (in notice: 1952); LP2892.
  • -  Director of photography, Loyal Griggs ; art direction, Hal Pereira, Walter Tyler ; film editors, William Hornbeck, Tom McAdoo ; original music by Victor Young.
  • -  Alan Ladd, Jean Arthur, Van Heflin, Brandon De Wilde, Jack Palance, Ben Johnson, Edgar Buchanan, Emile Meyer, Elisha Cook, Jr., Douglas Spencer, John Dierkes, Ellen Corby, Paul McVey, John Miller, Edith Evanson, Leonard Strong, Ray Spiker, Janice Carroll, Martin Mason, Helen Brown, Nancy Kulp.
  • -  Originally filmed in Technicolor.
  • -  Photographed July, 1951 to October 16,1951 near Jackson, Wyoming and in Los Angeles, California.
  • -  Summary taken from copyright material.
  • -  LC also holds a videodisc viewing copy in the LC Purchase Collection.
  • -  Theatrical projection print (copy 2) was also exhibited on the National Film Preservation Tour.
  • -  This film was selected for the National Film Registry.
  • -  Sources used: Catalog of copyright entries : motion pictures, 1950-1959, p. 304; Internet movie database, September 26, 2019; Eagan, D. America's film legacy, p. 468-469; Variety, April 13, 1953, p. 3, viewed via Variety Archives, September 26, 2019; AFI catalog online, September 26, 2019.

Medium

  • theatrical projection print 12 film reels of 12 on 6 (118 min., ca. 10,620 ft.) : sd., col. ; 35 mm.
  • theatrical projection print (copy 2) 12 film reels of 12 on 6 (118 min., ca. 10,620 ft.) : sd., col. ; 35 mm.
  • non-viewing print 12 film reels of 12 (118 min., ca. 10,620 ft.) : sd., col. ; 35 mm.

Call Number/Physical Location

  • CQA 0909-0914 (theatrical projection print)
  • CQA 1829-1834 (theatrical projection print, copy 2)
  • FGB 0042-0053 (non-viewing print)

Source Collection

  • Paramount Collection (Library of Congress)

Library of Congress Control Number

  • 99468651

Online Format

  • web page
  • image

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Chicago citation style:

Stevens, George, Film Direction, Film Production, A. B Guthrie, Jack Sher, Loyal Griggs, Victor Young, Alan Ladd, Jean Arthur, et al. Shane. editeds by Hornbeck, William, Iting, and Mcadoo, Tomiting, , , produceds by Pereira, Haluction Designer, and Tyler, Walteruction Designer United States: Paramount Pictures, 1953. Image. https://aj.sunback.homes/item/99468651/.

APA citation style:

Stevens, G., Guthrie, A. B., Sher, J., Griggs, L., Young, V., Ladd, A. [...] Copyright Collection, Hornbeck, W. & McAdoo, T., eds. (1953) Shane. Pereira, H. D. & Tyler, W. D., prods United States: Paramount Pictures. [Image] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://aj.sunback.homes/item/99468651/.

MLA citation style:

Stevens, George, Film Direction, Film Production, et al. Shane. ed by Hornbeck, William, Iting, and Mcadoo, Tomiting, , , prod by Pereira, Haluction Designer, and Tyler, Walteruction Designer United States: Paramount Pictures, 1953. Image. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <aj.sunback.homes/item/99468651/>.