The Lawton Story (1949)
The screen's FIRST great Passion Play!
120 min
Most of the footage is devoted to the annual Passion Play at Lawton, Oklahoma, enacted by volunteers from several nearby communities. This portion of The Lawton Story was directed by Harold Daniels and narrated by radio announcer Knox Manning. To bring the film up to feature length, a fictional plotline concerning the preparations for the pageant was hastily assembled, featuring such familiar Hollywood character players as Forrest Taylor, Willa Pearl Curtis and Maude Eburne.
- Release date
- March 31, 1949
- Country of origin
- United States
Cast
- Ginger Prince as Ginger
- Forrest Taylor as Uncle Mark Wallock
- Millard Coody as Millard Coody
- Millard Coody as Jesus
- Ferris Taylor as Uncle Jonathan Wallock
- Gwynne Shipman as Jane
- Darlene Bridges as Darlene Bridges
- Darlene Bridges as Virgin Mary
- Maude Eburne as Henrietta
- Willa Pearl Curtis as Willa Pearl
- Raymond Largay as Dr. Martin
- A.S. Fischer as A.S. Fisher
- A.S. Fischer as Simon
Crew
- William Beaudine · Director
- Harold Daniels · Director
- Scott Darling · Writer
- Milton Raison · Writer
- Mildred Horn · Writer
- A. Mark Wallock · Writer
- Kroger Babb · Producer
- J.S. Jossey · Producer
- Henry Sharp · Cinematographer
- Asa Boyd Clark · Editor
- Richard C. Currier · Editor