- Title: F-A4140
- Summary: RUTH: BIBLICAL STORY OF RUTH. HISTORIC RE-CREATION. ROMAN EMPIRE TIMES. PAINTED STAGE BACK-DROPS, HOLLYWOOD SETS STARRING: RITA BIRKETT, ELSPETH MARCH, PETER WILLIAMS, JILLIAN PALMER, RICHARD CARR, ARTHUR LAWRENCE, EVELYN MOORE, RAYMOND JAQUARELLO
- Description:00:53:06 - MAN ON BACK OF DONKEY STANDING HIGH ON HILL, OVERLOOKING DESERT HILLS AND DRY VALLEYS, TOWN FAR BELOW. DROUGHT STRICKEN LAND (FAKE BKGD, HOLLYWOOD STAGING) 00:53:20 - TOWN BUILT OUT OF ROCK AND STONE, DESERT. PEOPLE WALK ALONG PATH LINED WITH PILED ROCKS AND STONE 00:54:18 - BEAUTIFUL WOMEN OF JUDEA AT WELL COLLECTING WATER. WOMEN WEAR DECORATED HEAD SCARVES & BANDS WITH CHAINS AND BEADS HANGING FROM HEADDRESS AND METAL COINS AROUND NECK. WOMEN LIFT AND CARRY HUGE CLAY POTTERY WATER POTS ON TOP OF HEADS. 00:56:15 - TWO STOREY HOME BUILT OUT OF STONE OR CLAY. LARGE ROMAN ARCHWAYS AROUND DOORS. SPANISH TILING ON SLOPED ROOF 00:56:35 - RUTH SPEAKS WITH NAOMI (MOTHER OF HER DEAD HUSBAND). WOMEN DRESSED IN HEAVY CHAINED, BEADED JEWELS. SPEAK OF GOD VISITING HIS PEOPLE AND LIFTING DROUGHT 00:57:44 - PEOPLE WALKING ON OUTSKIRTS OF TOWN, SITTING UNDER TREES, TENDING TO MULES-DONKEYS. VINEYARD-LIKE SETTING, LUSH LAND 01:00:01 - "RUTH" PERFORMS DRAMATIC MONOLOGUE. SPEAKS OF FOLLOWING NAOMI TO JUDEA 01:00:03 - CU OF RUTH, TEARS RUNNING DOWN FACE, RADIANT SKIN, PERFECT MAKE-UP, BEAUTIFUL 01:01:21 - HILLS AND VALLEYS AS WOMEN WALK ALONG PATH AT HILLSIDE EDGE. HAZY SKY, NO CLOUDS 01:02:16 - WOMEN SIT ON ROCK ON HILLTOP. HILL OVERLOOKS BETHLEHEM. CLUSTER OF WHITE STONE BUILDINGS IN VALLEY 01:04:00 - CITY STREET IN ROMAN TIMES, PEDESTRIANS WALKING ON COBBLESTONE STREET IN THE SHADOWS OF BUILDINGS 01:04:49 - TWO OLD WOMEN SIT IN STREET IN FRONT OF DOORWAY OF STONE BUILDING. LOOK OF CONCERN-RECOGNITION ON WOMEN'S FACES AS RUTH WALKS BY 01:06:45 - DIRT ROAD AND HILLS. MAN ON SINGLE WHITE HORSE RIDES QUICKLY INTO FRAME AND UP ROCK SCATTERED HILLSIDE. 01:06:47 - WHITE SADDLED HORSE, MAN JUMPS OFF OF HORSE'S BACK AND HORSE IS LED OFF SCREEN 01:09:28 - WOMEN WORKING IN FIELDS COLLECTING CROPS. EATING TOGETHER IN FIELD UNDER TENT AFTER A DAY'S HARVEST 01:12:44 - MEN WORKING IN FIELD SOWING CROPS. OXEN WORK FIELD. 01:12:46 - CU OF OX FEET AS THEY WORK FILEDS, HARVEST 01:14:54 - WOMEN COOKING IN KITCHEN. MIXING OATS AND WHEAT IN BOWL,.LARGE CLAY POTTERY WATER POTS UNDER WINDOW SILL. WOMAN GRINDING OATS IN ANCIENT STONE GRINDER 01:16:07 - MEN WORKING IN FIELDS SOWING GRAINS. 01:16:09 - CU RAKES SOWING GRAINS 01:18:28 - MAN SLEEPING IN PILE OF HAY. ROOSTER CROWING IN BKGD. PITCHFORKS STUCK IN HAY. BASKET FULL OF GRAIN IN BKGD 01:21:03 - WS FROM ATOP HILL OF BETHLEHEM. STONE HOUSES CARVED INTO COUNTRY SIDE 01:24:11 - WOMEN PREPARE RUTH FOR MARRIAGE. PREPARE HER RITUAL HEADDRESS AND HEAD SCARF. ROMAN TIMES }N
- Collection: Historic Films
- Producer:Historic Films
- Transmission Date:01/01/1950
- Rights:On request
- Decade: 1950s
- File Name: F-A4140