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Hilda Crane
Original film poster
Directed by	Philip Dunne
Written by	Philip Dunne Samson Raphaelson (play)
Produced by	Herbert B. Swope Jr.
Starring	Jean Simmons Guy Madison Jean-Pierre Aumont Evelyn Varden Peggy Knudsen.
Cinematography	Joseph MacDonald
Edited by	David Bretherton
Music by	David Raksin
Distributed by	20th Century Fox
Release date	2 May 1956
Running time	87 minutes
Country	USA
Language	English

Hilda Crane, also known as The Many Loves of Hilda Crane, is a 1956 drama film made by 20th Century Fox. It was directed by Philip Dunne and produced by Herbert B. Swope Jr. from a screenplay adapted by Dunne from the play by Samson Raphaelson. The music score was by David Raksin and the cinematography by Joseph MacDonald. The film was made in Technicolor and Cinemascope.

Background

The original play by Samson Raphaelson, Hilda Crane, on which the film is based had its first performance on Broadway on November 1, 1950 at the Coronet Theatre, in a production directed by Hume Cronyn and designed by Howard Bay. Jessica Tandy starred as Hilda Crane. Also in the cast were John Alexander, Beulah Bondi, Frank Sundstrom, Evelyn Varden, and Eileen Heckart. Of the stage cast, only Evelyn Varden appears in the film.

Philip Dunne was the screenwriter on three previous 20th Century Fox epic films which starred Jean Simmons, The Robe (1953), Demetrius and the Gladiators (1954) and The Egyptian (1954).