Frank, Harriet

Overview

Works:	118 works in 442 publications in 7 languages and 10,274 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. pioneers of the cinema, 1896 to the present( Visual )
Filmmakers on film( Visual )

Most widely held works by Harriet Frank

Norma Rae by Martin Ritt( Visual )

43 editions published between 1979 and 2014 in 6 languages and held by 1,880 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Norma Rae, the Southern millworker who revolutionizes a small town and discovers a power in herself she never knew she had. Under the guidance of a New York unionizer and with increasing courage and determination, Norma Rae organizes her fellow factory workers to fight for better conditions and wages. Based on a true story

The cowboys by Mark Rydell( Visual )

36 editions published between 1971 and 2016 in 4 languages and held by 1,596 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

When a rancher is deserted by his regular cattle drivers for the gold mines, he (Wayne) 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 his tutelage, however, neither he nor the boys are aware that a gang of cattle thieves is stalking them

Hud by Martin Ritt( Visual )

33 editions published between 1962 and 2013 in 4 languages and held by 1,277 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

A drama which portrays the conflicts of a Texas ranch family in which a cynical uncle and a venerable grandfather vie for the respect and admiration of a naive seventeen-year-old boy

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

12 editions published between 1958 and 2012 in English and Spanish and held by 816 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

When Ben Quick, suspected barnburner, drifts into town, he catches the eye of Will, a tyrannical, intimidating patriarch (Will) who decides Quick is the ideal husband for his spinsterish daughter

Hombre by Martin Ritt( Visual )

22 editions published between 1966 and 2015 in 5 languages and held by 777 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

A white man raised by an Arizona Apache tribe is forced to confront the society he despises when he sells the boarding house he inherits

The Reivers by Mark Rydell( Visual )

14 editions published between 1969 and 2015 in English and French and held by 548 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 )

9 editions published between 1986 and 2013 in English and held by 487 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Emma Moriarty, a divorced horse trainer living in a small Arizona town, is courted by widower and pharmacist 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 439 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Home from the hill by Vincente Minnelli( Visual )

17 editions published between 1959 and 2018 in 4 languages and held by 356 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 283 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 )

4 editions published in 2009 in English and held by 224 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 216 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 Undetermined and held by 204 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Stanley & Iris by Martin Ritt( Visual )

17 editions published between 1990 and 2007 in 7 languages and held by 190 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 77 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 33 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