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The sorrows of gin

Title
The sorrows of gin [videorecording] / Ann Blumenthal, Peter Weinberg for WNET/13.
Publication
Chicago : Films Incorporated with the MacArthur Foundation, 1979.

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Additional Authors
  • Hofsiss, Jack.
  • Cheever, John.
Description
1 videocassette (60 min.) : sd., col.; 1/2 in.
Summary
Cheever's tale of suburban American life centers on an eight-year-old girl's search for a sense of family amidst the sophisticated and detached social whirl of her parents' lives. The film ends with father and daughter pondering their despair.
Series Statement
(Cheever short stories)
Uniform Title
  • Cheever short stories (Television program)
  • Great performances (WNET (Television station : New York, N.Y.))
Subjects
Note
  • Televised as part of the Great performances series.
  • Based on the short story by John Cheever.
Credits (note)
  • Director, Jack Hofsiss.
Performer (note)
  • Edward Herrman, Sigourney Weaver, Eileen Heckart, Rachel Roberts.
Title
The sorrows of gin [videorecording] / Ann Blumenthal, Peter Weinberg for WNET/13.
Imprint
Chicago : Films Incorporated with the MacArthur Foundation, 1979.
Series
(Cheever short stories)
Credits
Director, Jack Hofsiss.
Cast
Edward Herrman, Sigourney Weaver, Eileen Heckart, Rachel Roberts.
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Added Author
Hofsiss, Jack. Director
Cheever, John. Sorrows of gin.
Added Title
Cheever short stories (Television program)
Great performances (WNET (Television station : New York, N.Y.))
Branch Call Number
VTH 926 S
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