Pictura: An Adventure in Art explained

Pictura
Director:	E. A. Dupont Luciano Emmer Enrico Gras Alain Resnais Robert Hessens Marc Sorkin Olga Lipska Lauro Venturi
Producer:	Leonid Kipnis Herman Starr Sergio Amidei Pierre Braunberger
Starring:	Vincent Price Gregory Peck Henry Fonda Martin Gabel Lilli Palmer Harry Marble
Music:	Darius Milhaud Guy Bernard Roman Vlad Lan Adomian
Cinematography:	Ernest Haller
Editing:	Chester Schaeffer Reine Dorian Robert S. Robinson Marc Sorkin
Distributor:	The Pictura Company
Runtime:	80 min.
Country:	United States

Pictura: An Adventure in Art (1951) is a documentary film directed by seven directors, and narrated by several famous Hollywood actors, including Vincent Price, Gregory Peck, Henry Fonda, Martin Gabel, and Lilli Palmer.^[1]

The film attempts to give the general filmgoing public a taste of art history and art appreciation. The film won a Special Award at the Golden Globes in 1952.^[2]

List of segments

• Prologue: Segment showing Vincent Price talking to art students, directed by E. A. Dupont
• Part 1: The Lost Paradise by Hieronymus Bosch (1450-1516). Research and Story, Luciano Emmer, Enrico Gras; Producer, Luciano Emmer; Director, Luciano Emmer; Commentary, King James Version of the Old Testament; Music, Roman Vlad; Played by the Santa Cecilia Academy Rome Orchestra; Narrator, Vincent Price
• Part 2: The Legend of St. Ursula by Vittore Carpaccio (1460-1526). Director, Luciano Emmer; Co-Producer, Sergio Amidei; Special Camerawork and Effects, Mario Bava; Screenplay, Richard Nickson; Music, Roman Vlad; Played by the Orchestra of Santa Cecilia Academy in Rome; Conducted by Willy Ferrero; Narrator, Gregory Peck
• Part 3: Francisco Goya (1746-1828). Producer, Luciano Emmer; Director, Lauro Venturi; Screenplay, Harry Marble; Music, Isaac Albeniz; Guitar, Andrés Segovia; Narrator, Harry Marble
• Part 4: Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec (1863-1901). Directors, Robert Hessens, Olga Lipska; Producer, Pierre Braunberger; Screenplay, Herman Starr; Music, Guy Bernard; Narrator, Lilli Palmer
• Part 5: Paul Gauguin (1848-1903). Director, Allan Resnais; Producer, Pierre Braunberger; Research, Gaston Diehl; Music, Darius Milhaud; Narrator, Martin Gabel
• Part 6: Grant Wood (1892-1942). Director, Marc Sorkin; Producer, Leonid Kipnis; Research, Jules Schwerin; Camera, John Lewis; Music, Lan Adomian; Musical Direction, Jack Shaindlin; Narrator, Henry Fonda

Tagline

• "A strange and exciting voyage."

See also

• Vincent Price filmography

External links

• • New York Times review (April 8, 1952)
• Entry at Sound of Vincent Price website

Notes and References

1. https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0045031 IMDB entry
2. https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0045031 IMDB entry