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Title:

Visit to a small planet / a Paramount Picture ; screenplay by Edmund Beloin and Henry Garson ; directed by Norman Taurog.

Publisher:

Kino Lorber Inc.,

Copyright Date:

2017

Description:

1 videodisc (85 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in.

Subject:

Vidal, Gore,--1925-2012--Film adaptations.
Vidal, Gore,--1925-2012.
Human-alien encounters--Drama.
Human-alien encounters.
Comedy films.
Fiction films.
Feature films.
Drama.
Feature films.
Fiction films.
Film adaptations.

Other Authors:

Beloin, Edmund, screenwriter.
Garson, Henry, screenwriter.
Taurog, Norman, 1899-1981, film director.
Motion picture adaptation of (work): Vidal, Gore, 1925-2012.
Lewis, Jerry, 1926-2017, actor.
Blackman, Joan, 1938- actor.
Holliman, Earl, 1928- actor.
Clark, Fred, 1914-1968, actor.
Kino Lorber, Inc., film distributor. film distributor.

Notes:

Title from container. Jerry Lewis, Joan Blackman, Earl Holliman, Fred Clark, John Williams, Jerome Cowan, Gale Gordon. Based on the play by Gore Vidal. Originally released as a motion picture in 1960. Widescreen (1.85:1) Special features: Audio commentary by Film Historian James L. Neibaur; Trailer gallery.

Summary:

Kreton, a childish alien who, against his teacher's will leaves his planet to visit the Earth, and lands in the backyard of a famous television journalist who doesn't believe in U.F.O's and aliens. Wanting to study humans but not able to fully understand them, Kreton makes a mess out of it, generating a lot of comic situations.

Series:

KL Studio Classics

OCLC:

(OCoLC)1001960352

UPC:

738329217365

Locations:

BOPG851 -- Ames Public Library (Ames)

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)