Battleground.

Duration: 118 min

Year Published: 1949

Format: 35mm

Color: B&W

Sound: sound

Copyright: 19Oct49 L2594, renewed 1Nov76 R645223 Renewal claimant: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, Inc Original author: Loew’s, Inc

Description: A war melodrama presenting a character study of battle-wearied foot soldiers on the fighting front, depicting their grumblings, disappointments, dreams, aspirations, and extraordinary courage. Setting, the Battle of the Bulge, at Bastogne, in 1944. , A: Access CP: Composite Positive U: C: 1200' 16/8/9.5mm 16mm Black & White Sound 4200 William Augustus Wellman Director: William Augustus Wellman , A: Access CP: Composite Positive U: C: 1200' 16/8/9.5mm 16mm Black & White Sound 4200 William Augustus Wellman Director: William Augustus Wellman , A: Access CP: Composite Positive U: C: 1200' 16/8/9.5mm 16mm Black & White Sound 4200 William Augustus Wellman Director: William Augustus Wellman , A: Access CP: Composite Positive U: C: 1200' 16/8/9.5mm 16mm Black & White Sound 4200 William Augustus Wellman Director: William Augustus Wellman

Complete Record: BATTLEGROUND. Loew's Inc., c1949. 118 min., sd., b&w, 35mm. An MGM picture. Summary: A war melodrama presenting a character study of battle-wearied foot soldiers on the fighting front, depicting their grumblings, disappointments, dreams, aspirations, and extraordinary courage. Setting, the Battle of the Bulge, at Bastogne, in 1944. Credits: Producer, Dore Schary; director, William A. Wellman; story and screenplay, Robert Pirosh; music score, Lennie Hayton; film editor, John Dunning. Cast: Van Johnson, John Hodiak, Ricardo Montalban, George Murphy, the "Screaming Eagles" of the 101st Airborne Division. © Loew's Inc.; 19Oct49; LP2594.NOTE: Two (or more) records have been merged together to create this data.