John Steinbeck's East of Eden

Resource Information

The work John Steinbeck's East of Eden represents a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Melton Public Library. This resource is a combination of several types including: Work, Moving Image, Visual Materials.

Label

John Steinbeck's East of Eden

Statement of responsibility

CBS Operations, Inc. ; Barney Rosenzweig Productions ; Mace Neufeld Productions ; Viacom Productions ; produced by Barney Rosenzweig ; written by Richard Shapiro ; directed by Harvey Hart

Title variation

East of Eden

Contributor

• Bridges, Lloyd
• Duff, Howard, 1913-1990
• Rosenzweig, Barney
• CBS Operations, Inc
• Oates, Warren, 1928-1982
• Shapiro, Richard, 1934-
• Baxter, Anne
• Boxleitner, Bruce
• trueSteinbeck, John, 1902-1968
• Bottoms, Sam, 1955-2008
• Bottoms, Timothy, 1949-
• Bochner, Hart
• Seymour, Jane, 1951-
• Mace Neufeld Productions (Firm)
• Hart, Harvey
• Acorn Media (Firm)
• Allen, Karen, 1951-
• Barney Rosenzweig Productions (Firm)
• Viacom Productions, Inc

Subject

• Video recordings for the hearing impaired
• Television mini-series
• Family-owned business enterprises -- California -- Drama
• Abused women -- United States -- Drama
• Television adaptations
• Fathers and sons -- United States -- Drama
• Television melodramas
• Salinas River Valley (Calif.) -- Drama
• Sibling rivalry -- United States -- Drama
• Man-woman relationships -- California -- Drama
• Brothers -- United States -- Drama

Genre

• Television melodramas
• Television adaptations
• Television mini-series
• Video recordings for the hearing impaired
• trueDrama

Language

eng

Summary

Adam and Charles Trask grow up in the shadow of their father, Cyrus. Cyrus prefers Adam, inciting jealousy in his younger son. Adam is signed up for the cavalry, while Charles works on the family farm. Reuniting years later, the brothers live in peace until a beautiful woman nearly beaten to death arrives on their front porch. Adam nurses her back to health and falls blindly in love. But Cathy hides a cruel past. Adam and Cathy marry and have twin boys. Cathy soon deserts the family, showing up later as "Kate," the madam of an upscale brothel. Adam's sons have a relationship that mirrors his own. Adam's business venture fails and depletes the family fortune. One son seeks out his mother, who has been long assumed dead

Cataloging source

TEFMT

Characteristic

videorecording

Credits note

Cinematography by Frank Stanley ; music by Lee Holdridge

Dewey number

• 791.45/72
• [Fic]
• 813/.52

Language note

English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing

LC call number

PN1992.77

LC item number

.J64 2009

PerformerNote

Jane Seymour, Warren Oates, Timothy Bottoms, Bruce Boxleitner, Hart Bochner, Sam Bottoms, Lloyd Bridges, Howard Duff, Anne Baxter, Karen Allen

Runtime

382

Target audience

general

Technique

live action