Hilda Crane

Infobox Film
name = Hilda Crane


caption = Original film poster
director = Philip Dunne
producer = Herbert B. Swope Jr.
writer = Philip Dunne
Samson Raphaelson (play)
starring = Jean Simmons
Guy Madison
Jean-Pierre Aumont
Evelyn Varden
Peggy Knudsen.
music = David Raksin
cinematography = Joseph MacDonald
editing = David Bretherton
distributor = 20th Century Fox
released = flagicon|USA 2 May 1956
runtime = 87 minutes
country = USA
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language = English
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imdb_id = 0049317

"Hilda Crane", also known as "The Many Loves of Hilda Crane", is a 1956 drama film made by 20th Century Fox. It was directed by Philip Dunne and produced by Herbert B. Swope Jr. from a screenplay adapted by Dunne from the play by Samson Raphaelson. The music score was by David Raksin and the cinematography by Joseph MacDonald. The film was made in Technicolor and Cinemascope.

The film stars Jean Simmons, Guy Madison and Jean-Pierre Aumont with Evelyn Varden and Peggy Knudsen.

Background

The original play by Samson Raphaelson, "Hilda Crane", on which the film is based had its first performance on Broadway on November 1, 1950 at the Coronet Theatre, in a production directed by Hume Cronyn and designed by Howard Bay. Jessica Tandy starred as Hilda Crane. Also in the cast were John Alexander, Beulah Bondi, Frank Sundstrom, Evelyn Varden, and Eileen Heckart. Of the stage cast, only Evelyn Varden appears in the film.

Philip Dunne was the screenwriter on three previous 20th Century Fox epic films which starred Jean Simmons, "The Robe" (1953), "Demetrius and the Gladiators" (1954) and "The Egyptian" (1954).

Cast

* Jean Simmons - Hilda Crane
* Guy Madison - Russell Burns
* Judith Evelyn - Mrs. Crane
* Evelyn Varden - Mrs. Burns
* Gregg Palmer - Dink
* Richard Garrick - Dr. Francis
* Jim Hayward - Mr. Small
* Don Shelton - Caterer
* Helen Mayon - Maid
* Jay Jostyn - Minister
* Peggy Knudsen - Nell Bromley
* Jean-Pierre Aumont - Jacques De Lisle
* Marie Blake - Clara

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