Summary 'A North Woods Elegy: Incident at Big Moose Lake' investigates the circumstances surrounding the murder of Grace Brown by Chester Gillette on July 11, 1906 in the Adirondacks in upstate New York. Covering the ensuing trial and Gillette's subsequent incarceration and execution, the film explores the fascination America had, and still has, with the case, encompassing issues of class, jurisprudence in America at the turn of the twentieth century and ethics and sensationalism in news reporting. The stories (oftentimes false) reported in the major daily newspapers in New York City were the basis for Theodore Dreiser's 'An American Tragedy' novel in 1925, which was adapted for film in 'American Tragedy' (1931) and 'A Place in the Sun' (1951). View more details
Genres : History Documentary
Release date : Nov 14, 2011
Countries of origin : United States
Language : English
Filming locations : Big Moose Lake, New York, USA
Summary 'A North Woods Elegy: Incident at Big Moose Lake' investigates the circumstances surrounding the murder of Grace Brown by Chester Gillette on July 11, 1906 in the Adirondacks in upstate New York. Covering the ensuing trial and Gillette's subsequent incarceration and execution, the film explores the fascination America had, and still has, with the case, encompassing issues of class, jurisprudence in America at the turn of the twentieth century and ethics and sensationalism in news reporting. The stories (oftentimes false) reported in the major daily newspapers in New York City were the basis for Theodore Dreiser's 'An American Tragedy' novel in 1925, which was adapted for film in 'American Tragedy' (1931) and 'A Place in the Sun' (1951). View more details
Genres : History Documentary
Release date : Nov 14, 2011
Countries of origin : United States
Language : English
Filming locations : Big Moose Lake, New York, USA
