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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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