Story into film : Clark's ThePortable Phonograph

Year Published: 1977

Creator: Encyclopaedia Britannica inc.

Format: 16mm

Color: Color

Sound: sound

Description: On camera, director John Barnes demonstrates how Walter Van Tilburg Clark's short story 'The Portable Phonograph' was adapted to make a motion picture. Barnes alternates between reading passages from the story and showing film interpretations of the same scene, describing the differences between the actual story and the screenplay. For more on John Barnes, visit http://www.afana.org/barnesbio.htm

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