Storm Center
Storm Center is a 1956 American dramatic film starring Bette Davis and directed by Daniel Taradash. The screenplay by Taradash and Elick Moll focuses on the controversial subjects of communism and censorship.
Plot
Alicia Hull is a widowed small-town librarian dedicated to introducing children to the joy of reading. In exchange for fulfilling her request for a children's wing, the city council asks her to withdraw the book The Communist Dream from the library's collection. When she refuses to comply with their demand, she is fired and branded as a subversive. Freddie Slater, a boy with a deep love of books whom Alicia has closely mentored, is especially upset about her dismissal.
More details
| author | Daniel Taradash |
|---|---|
| director | Daniel Taradash |
| editor | William A. Lyon |
| genre | drama |
| keywords | brand build change of heart city council date dedicate hear librarian meet new building read town meeting widow |
| musicBy | George Duning |
| producer | Julian Blaustein |
| productionCompany | Phoenix Productions |
| publisher | Columbia Pictures |
| recordedAt | California |