Based on the novel The joyful beggar by Louis De Wohl. Originally released as a motion picture in 1961. Features: Movietone news: "Behind the scenes of Francis of Assisi" and "Mayor of San Francisco receives a statuette from Assisi, Italy." Bradford Dillman, Dolores Hart, Stuart Whitman, Cecil Kellaway, Eduard Franz.
Summary:
Dramatized version of the life of St. Francis who converted from a worldly man of adventure to a life devoted to Christ along with Clare who, influenced by his transformation, left a life of nobility to become a Benedictine nun.
LCCN:
be2007003637
Locations:
GBPF771 -- Ankeny Kirkendall Public Library (Ankeny)
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