Storm Center

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Storm Center is a 1956 American drama film about censorship and anti-communist hysteria, notable for starring Bette Davis as a small-town librarian who refuses to remove a controversial book.

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Storm Center canonical 3

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Predicate Object
instanceOf American drama film ⓘ
film ⓘ
basedOn original screenplay ⓘ
cinematography Burnett Guffey ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States ⓘ
director Daniel Taradash ⓘ
distributor Columbia Pictures ⓘ
editedBy William A. Lyon ⓘ
featuresOccupation librarian ⓘ
filmColorType black-and-white film ⓘ
genre drama film ⓘ
political drama film ⓘ
hasCharacter Alicia Hull ⓘ
Judge Robert Ellerbe ⓘ
Martha Lockridge ⓘ
Paul Duncan ⓘ
hasFilmFormat 35 mm ⓘ
hasTheme civil liberties ⓘ
conformity vs. individual conscience ⓘ
political persecution ⓘ
language English ⓘ
mainSubject McCarthyism ⓘ
anti-communism ⓘ
book banning ⓘ
censorship ⓘ
freedom of speech ⓘ
libraries ⓘ
motionPictureRating unrated (original release) ⓘ
musicBy George Duning ⓘ
notableFor depiction of anti-communist hysteria ⓘ
early Hollywood criticism of McCarthy-era censorship ⓘ
originalLanguage English ⓘ
portrays librarian resisting censorship ⓘ
producer Julian Blaustein ⓘ
productionCompany Columbia Pictures ⓘ
releaseDate 1956-07-06 ⓘ
releaseYear 1956 ⓘ
runtimeMinutes 85 ⓘ
screenwriter Daniel Taradash ⓘ
Elick Moll ⓘ
setIn small town in California ⓘ
setInPeriod Cold War ⓘ
starring Bette Davis ⓘ
Brian Keith ⓘ
Kevin Coughlin ⓘ
Kim Hunter ⓘ
Paul Kelly ⓘ
Tom Laughlin ⓘ

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Joe Mantell → appearedIn → Storm Center ⓘ
Daniel Taradash → notableWork → Storm Center ⓘ
Daniel Taradash → wroteScreenplayFor → Storm Center ⓘ