Storm Center (1956, U.S.A.)

Directed and co-scripted by Daniel Taradash (From Here To Eternity).

This reflection on the rights and responsibilities of citizens was a timely response to Anti-Communist sentiment in the 1950’s. A small town librarian (Bette Davis) stands up to local pressure to remove a controversial book from the shelves.  This is on the principal of free speech, and not out of sympathy for its perspective.  However, her actions cause the locals to brand her a communist.

Also co-stars Brian Keith (Tight Spot, and TV’s A Family Affair) and Kim Hunter (A Streetcar Named Desire)

Black and white print.