Notes on the Port of St. Francis
| Notes on the Port of St. Francis | |
|---|---|
| Directed by | Frank Stauffacher |
| Written by | Robert Louis Stevenson |
| Produced by | Frank Stauffacher |
| Starring | Vincent Price (narrator) |
| Distributed by | Film Images Inc.[1] |
Release date | 1951 |
Running time | 22 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
Notes on the Port of St. Francis is a 1951 short impressionistic documentary film on San Francisco, directed by Frank Stauffacher, and with narration written by Robert Louis Stevenson (1882) and read by Vincent Price. The film opens with "An Epitaph" by Walter de la Mare. The film was made in 16mm film, is 22 minutes long, and has been preserved by the Pacific Film Archive at University of California, Berkeley.[2][3] Stauffacher was assisted by Hy Hirsh, Allon Schoener, Herb Gleitz, and Gene Tepper. The film was co-produced by Stauffacher, the SF Maritime Museum, and the California Historical Society.
On December 18, 2013, the Library of Congress announced that this film had been selected for the National Film Registry for being "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant".[4][5]
See also
References
- ^ Lee, Rohama (1955). "Notes on the Port of St. Francis". Film News. Vol. 15, no. 3. p. 21. ISSN 8750-068X – via Internet Archive.
- ^ IMDB entry
- ^ "Pacific Film Archive at UC Berkeley notes (October 31, 2012)". Archived from the original on December 19, 2013. Retrieved December 19, 2013.
- ^ "Library of Congress announces 2013 National Film Registry selections". Washington Post (Press release). December 18, 2013. Retrieved December 18, 2013.
- ^ "Complete National Film Registry Listing". Library of Congress. Retrieved 2020-05-06.
External links
- Notes on the Port of St. Francis essay [1] by Scott MacDonald on the National Film Registry website
- Notes on the Port of St. Francis at IMDb
- SF Museum of Modern Art entry
- Pacific Film Archive notes (October 31, 2012)
- Notes on the Port of St. Francis at Bay Area Television Archive, San Francisco State University
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