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Friendly Persuasion (1956 Film)
Friendly Persuasion may refer to: *''The Friendly Persuasion ''The Friendly Persuasion'' is an American novel published in 1945 by Jessamyn West (writer), Jessamyn West. It was adapted as the Academy Award, Oscar-nominated motion picture ''Friendly Persuasion (1956 film), Friendly Persuasion'' in 1956. The ...'', a 1945 novel by Jessamyn West ** ''Friendly Persuasion'' (1956 film), based on the book *** "Friendly Persuasion" (song), a popular song from the movie ** ''Friendly Persuasion'' (1975 film), a made-for-TV movie based on the book and its sequel {{disambig ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Friendly Persuasion
''The Friendly Persuasion'' is an American novel published in 1945 by Jessamyn West (writer), Jessamyn West. It was adapted as the Academy Award, Oscar-nominated motion picture ''Friendly Persuasion (1956 film), Friendly Persuasion'' in 1956. The book consists of 14 vignettes about a Religious Society of Friends, Quaker farming family, the Birdwells, living near the town of Vernon, Indiana, Vernon in southern Indiana along "the banks of the Muscatatuck River, Muscatatuck, where once the woods stretched, dark row on row."West (1945), p. 3 The Birdwells' farm, Maple Grove Nursery, was handed down to them by pioneering forebears who came west nearly fifty years before the time period depicted at the outset of the novel. West published the vignettes between 1940 and 1945 as individual stories in ''Prairie Schooner'', ''Collier's'', ''Harper's Bazaar'', ''The Atlantic, The Atlantic Monthly'', ''Ladies' Home Journal'', ''New Mexico Quarterly'', and ''Harper's Magazine''. She then had th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Friendly Persuasion (1956 Film)
''Friendly Persuasion'' is a 1956 American Civil War drama film produced and directed by William Wyler. It stars Gary Cooper, Dorothy McGuire, Anthony Perkins, Richard Eyer, Robert Middleton, Phyllis Love, Mark Richman, Walter Catlett and Marjorie Main. The screenplay by Michael Wilson was adapted from the 1945 novel ''The Friendly Persuasion'' by Jessamyn West. The movie tells the story of a Quaker family in southern Indiana during the American Civil War and the way the war tests their pacifist beliefs. The film received positive reviews, praised for its performances, but faced some criticism for inaccuracies in portraying Quaker views. It earned $4 million at the box office, won the Palme d'Or at the Cannes Film Festival and received six Academy Award nominations including Best Picture. Michael Wilson, the screenwriter, was initially uncredited due to being on the Hollywood blacklist but was later restored in 1996. Ronald Reagan gifted the film to Soviet leader M ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Friendly Persuasion (song)
"Friendly Persuasion (Thee I Love)" is a popular song with music by Dimitri Tiomkin and lyrics by Paul Francis Webster. It was published in 1956 and appeared in the 1956 film of the same name. At the 29th Academy Awards, ''Friendly Persuasion'' was nominated for the Best Music – Song but lost out to "Que Sera, Sera (Whatever Will Be, Will Be)". Background The title is an obvious play on words, since the film centers on a Quaker family, a religion known as the "Society of Friends". Thus, they are said to be of the "Friendly" persuasion. 1956 recordings *The best-known version of the song was recorded by Pat Boone and it reached the No. 5 position in the USA charts and No. 3 in the UK. *Another recording by The Four Aces followed Boone's in 1956 and reached number 45 peak position on ''Billboards pop music chart. Other recordings *Johnny Mathis included the song in his 1963 album '' Romantically''. *Bing Crosby recorded the song for his album ''Bing Crosby's Treasury - The S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |