Picnic (1955)
Table of contents
- Basic facts
- Links and resources
- Titles
- Crew
- Cast
- Companies
- About the film
- Plot summary
- Swedish censorship / rating
- Technical specifications
- Comments
- Original work
- Holdings Film
- Holdings Posters
- Holdings Archive materials
- Holdings Scripts
- Holdings Stills
- Holdings Promotion materials
Basic facts
| Original title | Picnic |
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| Film type | Feature |
| Category | Fiction |
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| Screenplay | |
| Original work |
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| Production company | |
| Classification | Allowed from age 15 |
| Dialogue |
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| Swedish release | 1956-03-05 |
Cast
Titles
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| Swedish release title |
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| Title for Swedish TV release |
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Crew
| Director | |
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| Screenplay | |
| Producer | |
| Director of Photography | |
| Music | |
| Choreography |
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| Production Designer | |
| Film Editor |
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| Production Mixer |
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| Assistant Director |
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| Advisor |
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| Technical Advisor |
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| Camera Operator |
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| Second Unit Director of Photography | |
| Aerial Photography |
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| Musical Arrangement |
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| Orchestra Leader | |
| Orchestration | |
| Set Decorator | |
| Costume Designer | |
| Make-up Supervisor |
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| Hair Stylist | |
| Assistant Film Editor |
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Cast
| William Holden | Hal Carter | ||
| Kim Novak | Marjorie "Madge" Owens | ||
| Betty Field | Flo Owens | ||
| Susan Strasberg | Millie Owens | ||
| Cliff Robertson | Alan Benson | ||
| Arthur O'Connell | Howard Bevans | ||
| Verna Felton | Mrs. Helen Potts | ||
| Reta Shaw | Irma Kronkite | ||
| Nick Adams | Bomber | ||
| Raymond Bailey | Mr. Benson | ||
| Elizabeth Wilson (as Elizabeth W. Wilson) | Christine Schoenwalder | ||
| Rosalind Russell | Rosemary Sydney, skollärarinna | ||
| - | Ej krediterade: | ||
| Phyllis Newman | Juanita Badger, tuff flicka | ||
| Don C. Harvey | första polisen | ||
| Steve Benton | andra polisen | ||
| Henry P. Watson | ordförande i handelskammaren | ||
| Abraham Weinlood | tågtjänsteman | ||
| Wayne R. Sullivan | förman | ||
| Warren Frederick Adams | främling | ||
| Carle E. Baker | arbetare i spannmålshissen | ||
| Henry Pagueo | borgmästaren | ||
| Flomanita Jackson | kommittékvinna | ||
| George E. Bemis | granne | ||
| Harold A. Beyer | medlem av handelskammarens styrelse | ||
| Paul R. Cochran | medlem av handelskammarens styrelse | ||
| Adlai Zeph Fisher | medlem av handelskammarens styrelse | ||
| Harry Sherman Schall | medlem av handelskammarens styrelse | ||
| Floyd Steinbeck | medlem av handelskammarens styrelse | ||
| Shirley Knight |
Companies
| Production Company | Columbia Pictures Corporation | ||
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| Copyright | Columbia Pictures Corporation International | 1955 | |
| Distributor in Sweden (35 mm) | Columbia Film AB | 1956 |
Swedish censorship / rating
| Censorship number | 87781 |
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| Date | 1956-02-20 |
| Classification | Allowed from age 15 |
| Original length | 2790 meters |
| Notes | 2790 meter är en kortad version. Har ev. också gått upp i en längre version som var 3095 meter. Aktlängder: 490, 350, 460, 365, 350, 360, 415. |
Technical specifications
| Aspect ratio | 2.35:1 (CinemaScope) |
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| Sound type | Sound |
| Sound system | RCA Sound System |
| Colour type | Colour |
| Colour system | Technicolor |
| Carrier type | 35 mm |
| Frames per second | 24 |
| Length in minutes | 115 min |
| Reels | 14 reels |
Original work
Production location
| 1955-05-16 | 1955-07-08 | |||||
| Halstead, Kansas | USA | |||||
| Hutchinson, Kansas | USA | |||||
| Nickerson, Kansas | USA | |||||
| Salina, Kansas | USA | |||||
| Sterling, Kansas | USA |
Release dates
| First showing | 1955-11 | USA | 115 min | |||
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| Release in Sweden | 1956-03-05 | Royal | Stockholm | Sweden | 113 min | |
| TV showing | 1973-05-12 | TV2 | Sweden | |||
| 1993-05-08 | TV3 | Sweden |
Soundtrack listing
| Original title | Ain't She Sweet | |
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| Composer | Milton Ager | (1927) |
| Lyrics | Jack Yellen | (1927) |
| Original title | In the Gloaming | |
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| Composer | Annie Fortescue Harrison | (1877) |
| Lyrics | Meta Orred | (1874) |
| Original title | Love's Old Sweet Song (Just a Song at Twilight) | |
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| Composer | James L. Molloy | (1884) |
| Lyrics | Clifton Bingham | (1884) |
| Original title | Moonglow | |
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| Composer | Irving Mills | (1933) |
| Will Hudson | (1933) | |
| Lyrics | Eddie De Lange | (1933) |
| Danced by | Kim Novak | |
| William Holden |
| Original title | It's a Blue World | |
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| Composer | Chet Forrest | (1939) |
| Robert C. Wright | (1939) | |
| Lyrics | Chet Forrest | (1939) |
| Robert C. Wright | (1939) |
Related films
| Precious Images (1986) | Picnic (1955) |
Holdings Film
The information given here refers to film material in the Swedish Film Institute’s archive. Access to the archive’s stock is given on request, for research, other film archives and rights’ holders. For enquiries please contact filmarkivet@filminstitutet.se
| Element type | |
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| Item base | Acetate |
| Carrier type | 35 mm |
| Length | 2654 |
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| Item base | Acetate |
| Carrier type | 35 mm |
Holdings Scripts
| Script type | Dialoglista |
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| Language | English |
Holdings Stills
| Black and white print | 9 |
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| Album | No |
Holdings Promotion materials
| Type | Program/Reklamtryck |
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| Type | Program folio |
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