Film

Our Mr. Sun

7.3195657mNRDocumentary TV Movie Animation

Age rating: NR
Director: Frank Capra
Year: 1956

One entry in a series of films produced to make science accessible to the masses—especially children—this film describes the sun in scientific but entertaining terms.

Top cast

Eddie Albert

The Fiction Writer

Lionel Barrymore

Father Time (voice)

Frank Baxter

Dr. Research (as Dr. Frank C. Baxter)

Marvin Miller

Mr. Sun (voice)

Sterling Holloway

Chloro Phyll (voice)

Directed by

Frank Capra, William T. Hurtz

Written by

Frank Capra

Produced by

Frank Capra

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