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Friendly Persuasion is a 1956 American Civil War drama film produced and directed by William Wyler. It stars Gary Cooper, Dorothy McGuire, Anthony Perkins, Richard Eyer, Robert Middleton, Phyllis Love, Mark Richman, Walter Catlett and Marjorie Main. The screenplay by Michael Wilson was adapted from the 1945 novel The Friendly Persuasion by ...
The Friendly Persuasion is an American novel published in 1945 by Jessamyn West. [1] It was adapted as the motion picture Friendly Persuasion in 1956. [2] The book consists of 14 vignettes about a Quaker farming family, [3] the Birdwells, living near the town of Vernon in southern Indiana [1] along "the banks of the Muscatatuck, where once the woods stretched, dark row on row."
Friendly Persuasion may refer to: The Friendly Persuasion, a 1945 novel by Jessamyn West Friendly Persuasion, based on the book "Friendly Persuasion" (song), a popular song from the movie; Friendly Persuasion, a made-for-TV movie based on the book and its sequel
"Friendly Persuasion (Thee I Love)" is a popular song with music by Dimitri Tiomkin and lyrics by Paul Francis Webster. It was published in 1956 and appeared in the 1956 film of the same name. [1] At the 29th Academy Awards, Friendly Persuasion was nominated for the Best Music – Song but lost out to "Que Sera, Sera (Whatever Will Be, Will Be)".
Dorothy Hackett McGuire (June 14, 1916 – September 13, 2001) was an American actress. She was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actress for Gentleman's Agreement (1947) and won the National Board of Review Award for Best Actress for Friendly Persuasion (1956). [1]
Friendly Persuasion is a made-for-TV movie. The film is based on the novels The Friendly Persuasion and Except for Me and Thee by Jessamyn West ; the former novel was previously adapted in 1956 . It originally aired on ABC on May 18, 1975.
Robert Middleton (born Samuel Abraham Messer; May 13, 1911 – June 14, 1977 [1]) was an American film and television actor known for his large size, beetle-like brows, and deep, booming voice (for which he was known as "Big Bob Middleton"), [2] usually in the portrayal of ruthless villains.
Mary Jessamyn West (July 18, 1902 – February 23, 1984) was an American author of short stories and novels, notably The Friendly Persuasion (1945). [1] A Quaker from Indiana, she graduated from Fullerton Union High School in 1919 [2] and Whittier College in 1923.