The River
1938 | 31m | English
Popularity: 2 (history)
| Director: | Pare Lorentz |
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| Writer: | Pare Lorentz |
| Staring: |
| This short Depression-era documentary describes the importance of the Mississippi River to the United States and laments the environmental destruction committed in the name of progress, particularly farming and timber practices and their impact on impoverished farmers. | |
| Release Date: | Feb 04, 1938 |
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| Director: | Pare Lorentz |
| Writer: | Pare Lorentz |
| Genres: | Documentary |
| Keywords | mississippi river, river |
| Production Companies | Farm Security Administration |
| Box Office |
Revenue: $0
Budget: $0 |
| Updates |
Updated: Apr 28, 2024 Entered: Apr 28, 2024 |
| Name | Character |
|---|---|
| Thomas Chalmers | Narrator (Voice) |
| Name | Job |
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| Pare Lorentz | Director, Writer |
| Lloyd Nosler | Editor |
| Leo Zochling | Editor |
| Alexander Smallens | Conductor |
| A.A. Mercey | Researcher |
| Stacy Woodard | Director of Photography |
| Floyd Crosby | Director of Photography |
| Willard Van Dyke | Director of Photography |
| Virgil Thomson | Original Music Composer |
| Albert Dillinger | Sound |
| Henry Brant | Orchestrator |
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| 2024 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 1 |
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| 2024 | 11 | 3 | 13 | 1 |
| 2024 | 12 | 2 | 5 | 1 |
| 2025 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 |
| 2025 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
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| 2025 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2025 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2025 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
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