“Vibrant and sensitive…Miss Harris’ performance gives off a lot of fervid heat…Ethel Waters glows with a warmth of personality and understanding…Brandon de Wilde is delightfully mettlesome and humorous.” – Bosley Crowther, The New York Times

“A film poem. Under Fred Zinnemann’s direction, it often reaches successfully for that most elusive of movie qualities—the catch in the throat.” – Time Magazine

Über-producer Stanley Kramer (Judgment at Nuremberg) and sterling director Fred Zinnemann (A Man for All Seasons) bring us The Member of the Wedding (1952), a sensitive film version of Carson McCullers’ Broadway play, adapted from her own novel. Julie Harris – who created the role of yearning adolescent tomboy, Frankie, on the stage – is joined here by fellow original cast members Ethel Waters, as the mother figure Berenice, and Brandon de Wilde, as a mischievous young cousin, John Henry. Cinematography is by the great Hal Mohr (Rancho Notorious) and the extraordinary score – available on this Twilight Time release as an isolated track – is by legendary composer Alex North.

LANGUAGE: English
VIDEO: 1080p High Definition / 1.33:1
AUDIO: English 1.0 DTS-HD MA
SUBTITLES: English SDH
1952 / B&W
89 MINUTES
NOT RATED

Special Features: Isolated Score Track / Audio Commentary with Singer/Songwriter Suzanne Vega, and Film Historians Derek Botelho and David Del Valle / Audio Commentary with Carson McCullers Biographer Virginia Spencer Carr / The World of Carson McCullers / The Journey from Stage to Film / Introduction by Karen Kramer / Original Theatrical Trailer

Limited Edition of 3,000 Units