Movies: Dan Bessie

  • 1986
    Hard Traveling

    Hard Traveling (1986)

    Hard Traveling

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    Set during the Depression, Dan Bessie's film (based on a novel by his father Alvah) stars Ellen Geer as a widow who begins a romance with an uneducated janitor (J.E. Freeman) who is later accused of murder....

    Hard Traveling
  • 2009
    A War in Hollywood

    A War in Hollywood (2009)

    A War in Hollywood

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    The Spanish Civil War (1936-1939) caused a great impression on the lives of most of the American artists of that era, so many movies were made in Hollywood about it. The final defeat of the Spanish Republic left an open wound in the hearts of those w...

    A War in Hollywood
  • 1993
    Turnabout: The Story of the Yale Puppeteers

    Turnabout: The Story of the Yale Puppeteers (1993)

    Turnabout: The Story of the Yale Puppeteers

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    Documentary about the Yale Puppeteers. A bit eccentric, certainly off beat and creative, the puppeteers and their story - as well as their place in history - is meticulously documented and tugs at the heartstrings....

    Turnabout: The Story of the Yale Puppeteers
  • 1969
    Up Is Down

    Up Is Down (1969)

    Up Is Down

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    A boy who walks on his hands enjoys a different view of the world, much to the chagrin of the adults in the town in which he lives....

    Up Is Down