Sunrise at Campobello | |
---|---|
Directed by | Vincent J. Donehue |
Screenplay by | Dore Schary |
Based on | Sunrise at Campobello 1958 play by Dore Schary |
Produced by | Dore Schary |
Starring | Ralph Bellamy Greer Garson Hume Cronyn |
Cinematography | Russell Harlan |
Edited by | George Boemler |
Music by | Franz Waxman |
Distributed by | Warner Bros. |
Release date |
|
Running time | 144 minutes |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
Sunrise at Campobello is a 1960 American biographical film telling the story of the struggles of future President of the United States Franklin D. Roosevelt and his family when Roosevelt was stricken with paralysis at the age of 39 in August 1921. Based on Dore Schary's 1958 Tony Award-winning Broadway play of the same name, the film was directed by Vincent J. Donehue and stars Ralph Bellamy, Greer Garson, Hume Cronyn and Jean Hagen.
The film was produced with the cooperation of the Roosevelt family. Eleanor Roosevelt was present on the set during location shooting at the Roosevelt estate in Hyde Park, New York.