Frank, Harriet

Overview

Works:	117 works in 454 publications in 7 languages and 10,349 library holdings
Genres:	Drama Film adaptations Western films Fiction Melodrama Action and adventure films Comedy films Melodramas (Motion pictures) Romantic comedy films Romance films
Roles:	Author of screenplay, Author, Scenarist, Writer of accompanying material, Producer, Performer
Classifications:	PN1997, 791.4372

Publication Timeline

Most widely held works about Harriet Frank

Screenwriters on screenwriting by Ally Acker( Visual )
Filmmakers on film( Visual )
Filmmakers on film. pioneers of the cinema, 1896 to the present( Visual )

Most widely held works by Harriet Frank

Norma Rae by Martin Ritt( Visual )

46 editions published between 1979 and 2014 in 6 languages and held by 1,875 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Sally Field stars as a poor Southern textile worker with a disreputable past, who courageously supports the Northern union organizer in a final successful attempt to unionize the last major non-union textile factory in the South

The cowboys by Mark Rydell( Visual )

37 editions published between 1971 and 2016 in 4 languages and held by 1,607 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

When a rancher is deserted by his regular cattle drivers for the gold mines, Wil Andersen is forced to take on a collection of young boys as his drivers in order to cross the 400 treacherous miles to get his herd to market in time to avoid financial disaster. The boys learn to do a man's job under Andersen's tutelage, however, neither Andersen nor the boys are aware that a gang of cattle thieves is stalking them

Hud by Martin Ritt( Visual )

35 editions published between 1962 and 2013 in 4 languages and held by 1,303 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Hud Bannon has always preferred drinking, fighting and womanizing to the very traditional ways of his father. Hud is a man who cares more for himself than he does his young nephew, his dad, or even their understanding housekeeper. When disease threatens the cattle on the Bannon Ranch, the conflict between Hud and his old-line father reaches an all time high

William Faulkner's the long, hot summer by Martin Ritt( Visual )

13 editions published between 1958 and 2012 in English and Spanish and held by 817 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Ben Quick, an industrious con artist who's known throughout the country as a barn burner, gets run out of a Mississippi town. He meets up with Clara Varner, whose father is pressuring her to get married and provide him with grandchildren. It isn't long before he decides Ben and Clara should marry, and when she resists, it sets up a dramatically escalating clash of wills

Hombre by Martin Ritt( Visual )

22 editions published between 1966 and 2015 in 5 languages and held by 782 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

A white man raised as an Apache faces confrontation with society

The Reivers by Mark Rydell( Visual )

15 editions published between 1969 and 2015 in English and French and held by 547 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Based on William Faulkner's warm, humorous, poignant story about a the advent of the automobile, a horse race and a boy's loss of innocence during an great adventure in the early 1900's South

Murphy's romance by Martin Ritt( Visual )

10 editions published between 1986 and 2013 in English and held by 491 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Emma Moriarty, a divorced horse trainer living in a small town in Arizona, is courted by widower, Murphy Jones, and faces a difficult choice when her ex-husband appears on the scene

Special effects by Harriet Frank( Book )

8 editions published between 1979 and 1980 in English and Undetermined and held by 436 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Home from the hill by Vincente Minnelli( Visual )

18 editions published between 1959 and 2018 in 4 languages and held by 359 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Wade Hunnicutt is a big man who looms over the Texas backwoodsmen who work his land, over the embittered wife that he cheats on, and over the sons who strive for their father's respect. An emotionally volatile tale of an epic clash between generations. Wade's sons, determinded to be their own men, are in danger of repeating their father's life-crippling legacy of lust and violence

Single : a novel by Harriet Frank( Book )

18 editions published between 1977 and 1988 in 3 languages and held by 284 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

A novel about the world of women alone, single by fate and choice, an elegant and literary foray into lives that are given to a search for self, happiness, laughter and sexuality

Greatest classic films collection( Visual )

5 editions published in 2009 in English and held by 226 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

In The searchers, a Civil War veteran spends five years on the trail of a Comanche raiding party that kidnapped his dead brother's daughter

Conrack by Martin Ritt( Visual )

12 editions published between 1974 and 2014 in English and held by 212 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

The story of an idealistic, innovative teacher on a remote South Carolina island. His unorthodox teaching methods bring him into conflict with the reactionary school superintendent

Hud ; Norma Rae ; and, the long, hot summer : three screenplays by Irving Ravetch( Book )

5 editions published in 1988 in English and held by 203 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Stanley & Iris by Martin Ritt( Visual )

19 editions published between 1990 and 2007 in 7 languages and held by 191 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Stanley and Iris are both employees at the same bakery, and find out they have more in common than just their place of work; their trying personal lives. When Stanley loses his job because he can't read, he asks Iris to teach him

Ten wanted men( Visual )

1 edition published in 2005 in English and held by 78 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Scott stars as Arizona rancher John Stewart, who is determined to rule his vast empire with strongwilled integrity. Stewart meets opposition, however, from a local landowner who prefers the persuasive power of the pistol to the letter of the law. Suddenly, Stewart is forced to defend himself and the woman he loves against his opponent's renegades who are determined to ransack the town

Run for cover by Nicholas Ray( Visual )

4 editions published between 2012 and 2014 in English and held by 64 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

An ex-convict survives a lynch mob and becomes the town's sheriff once word of his gun skills reach the local townsfolk

Norma Rae / Working Girl double feature : 2 DVD set( Visual )

1 edition published in 2006 in French and held by 53 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Working Girl (Melanie Griffith), a bright Wall Street secretary, rises to a professional position by posing as her classy but treacherous boss. Working girl originally released in 1988, by Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment

The date night 4-movie collection : Murphy's romance ; Places in the heart ; Steel magnolias ; My best friend's wedding( Visual )

1 edition published in 2013 in English and held by 48 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Murphy's romance: In an endearing comic love story, a gutsy divorced mother eager to make it as a horse trainer on a small desert ranch is courted by the town's most eligible widower and her ne'er-do-well ex-husband. Places in the heart: It's the 1930's in Waxahachie, Texas. Against this Depression-torn background unforgettable characters meet and collide. Its emotionally gripping story centers around Edna Spalding (Sally Fields) and her unending struggle against extraordinary hardships. Steel magnolias: A hilarious and heartwarming story of life, love and loss in a small Louisiana Parish. At the center of the group is Shelby (Roberts), newly married and joyfully pregnant, despite the fact that her diabetes could make childbirth life-threatening. Terrified and angry at the possibility of losing her only daughter, M'Lynn (Field) looks to her four closest friends for strength and laughter as she battles her deepest fears of death in order to join Shelby in celebrating the miracle of new life. My best friend's wedding: Commitment-shy Jules Potter has four days to steal back her best friend Michael before he marries someone else

Silver river by Raoul Walsh( Visual )

6 editions published between 1948 and 2017 in English and Spanish and held by 34 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

An ex-Civil War officer receives a dishonorable discharge, becomes a powerful business man out West, and devises a plot to steal an employee's wife

Norma Rae : [screenplay] by Irving Ravetch( Book )

12 editions published between 1978 and 1979 in English and held by 28 WorldCat member libraries worldwide