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The Eleanor Roosevelt Story

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The Eleanor Roosevelt Story
Directed byRichard Kaplan
Written byArchibald Macleish
Produced bySidney Glazier
Narrated by
Edited byMiriam Arsham
Production
company
Sidney Glazier Productions
Distributed byAllied Artists
Release date
  • November 8, 1965 (1965-11-08)
Running time
90 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

The Eleanor Roosevelt Story is a 1965 American biographical documentary film directed by Richard Kaplan.

Reception and legacy

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Stanley Kauffmann of The New Republic described The Eleanor Roosevelt Story as 'an outstandingly tasteful and skilled piece of documentary film-making, particularly deft in its use of still photos, where necessary'.[1] Bosley Crowther of The New York Times said the film conveyed a great deal of humanity and devotion and claimed it to be one of the most moving and encouraging films.[2]

Accolades

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It won the Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature in 1965.[3][4]

The Academy Film Archive preserved The Eleanor Roosevelt Story in 2006.[5]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Stanley Kauffmann on films". The New Republic. December 4, 1965.
  2. ^ Crowther, Bosley (November 9, 1965). "Documentary Shown at Cinema Rendezvous:MacLeish Has Depicted Growth of Noble Life". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved September 13, 2022.
  3. ^ Crowther, Bosley (2007). "NY Times: The Eleanor Roosevelt Story". Movies & TV Dept. The New York Times. Archived from the original on November 24, 2007. Retrieved November 9, 2008.
  4. ^ "The 38th Academy Awards (1966) Nominees and Winners". oscars.org. October 4, 2014. Archived from the original on January 11, 2015. Retrieved May 19, 2019.
  5. ^ "Preserved Projects". Academy Film Archive.
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