The Member of the Wedding (film)

1952 film

The Member of the Wedding

Directed by| Fred Zinnemann
Screenplay by|

* Edna Anhalt
* Edward Anhalt

Based on| The Member of the Wedding
by Carson McCullers
Produced by| Stanley Kramer
Starring|

* Ethel Waters
* Julie Harris
* Brandon deWilde

Cinematography| Hal Mohr
Edited by| William A. Lyon
Music by| Alex North

Production
company

Stanley Kramer Productions

Distributed by| Columbia Pictures

Release date

* December 25, 1952 (1952-12-25)

Running time

| 90 minutes (TCM print)
Country| United States
Language| English

The Member of the Wedding is a 1952 American film noir drama film directed by Fred Zinnemann and starring Ethel Waters, Julie Harris, and Brandon deWilde. The story, based on Carson McCullers' 1946 novel of the same name, is set in a small town in the Southern United States. Frankie Addams is an awkward, moody 12-year-old tomboy whose only friends are her young cousin John Henry and her black housekeeper Berenice. Co-starring as a drunken soldier who tries to take advantage of the vulnerable Frankie is former child actor Dick Moore, making his last film appearance.

Julie Harris was nominated for an Academy Award for her performance.[1] Later versions of McCuller's play were done for television, with Claudia McNeil playing Berenice in 1958, then Pearl Bailey performing the part in 1982, and Alfre Woodard playing the character in 1996, with Anna Paquin cast as Frankie in the latter production.

## Plot

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Feeling rejected when her older brother goes off on his honeymoon without inviting her along, Frankie (Julie Harris) runs away from her middle-class Southern home. She endures several other adolescent traumas, not least of which is the sudden death of her bespectacled young cousin John Henry (Brandon deWilde). With the help of warm-hearted housekeeper Berenice Sadie Brown (Ethel Waters), Frankie eventually makes an awkward transition to young womanhood.[2]

## Cast

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* Ethel Waters as Berenice Sadie Brown
* Julie Harris as Frankie Addams
* Brandon deWilde as John Henry (as Brandon de Wilde)
* Arthur Franz as Jarvis Addams
* Nancy Gates as Janice
* William Hansen as Mr. Addams
* James Edwards as Honey Camden Brown
* Harry Bolden as T. T. Williams
* Dickie Moore as Soldier (as Dick Moore)
* Hugh Beaumont as Minister (uncredited)

## References

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1. ^ [1]
2. ^ "The Member of the Wedding (1952) - Fred Zinnemann | Synopsis, Characteristics, Moods, Themes and Related | AllMovie".

## External links

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* The Member of the Wedding at IMDb
* The Member of the Wedding at the TCM Movie Database
* The Member of the Wedding at the AFI Catalog of Feature Films

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Films directed by Fred Zinnemann

* Redes (1936)
* That Mothers Might Live (1938)
* Stuffie (1940)
* Forbidden Passage (1941)
* Kid Glove Killer (1942)
* Eyes in the Night (1942)
* The Seventh Cross (1944)
* Little Mister Jim (1946)
* My Brother Talks to Horses (1947)
* The Search (1948)
* Act of Violence (1949)
* The Men (1950)
* Benjy (1951)
* Teresa (1951)
* High Noon (1952)
* The Member of the Wedding (1952)
* From Here to Eternity (1953)
* Oklahoma! (1955)
* A Hatful of Rain (1957)
* The Nun's Story (1959)
* The Sundowners (1960)
* Behold a Pale Horse (1964)
* A Man for All Seasons (1966)
* The Day of the Jackal (1973)
* Julia (1977)
* Five Days One Summer (1982)

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