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Lois Dickert is known for Ladybug Ladybug (1963).
- Writer
- Lois Dickert
One morning, teachers at a secluded countryside elementary school are asked to accompany the pupils to their homes after a nuclear attack warning alarm sounds and the staff are unable to determine whether or not the alarm was false.
The story was adapted from a piece in McCall's by Lois Dickert, which recounted a true story of a panicked set of students during the Missile Crisis, and how one girl was inadvertently killed as a result.
- Frank Perry, Tony Lamarca
- Jane Connell
LADYBUG, LADYBUG was superbly scripted, like most of Perry’s early work, by his (then) wife Eleanor, from a story by Lois Dickert that was in turn inspired by a real incident.
Feb 8, 2021 · One girl invites a group to her family's bomb shelter—the only one in the area—and then becomes almost tyrannical as she denies access to anyone else. It's based on a story by Lois Dickert, which was in turn inspired by a real-life incident that occurred during the 1962 Cuban Missile Crisis.
- Kino Lorber
Lois Dickert Story. Leonard Hirschfield Cinematography. Bob Cobert Music. Critics reviews. Staff and students at a rural school react to a warning of an imminent nuclear attack, not knowing whether it is real or mistaken.
Dec 1, 2020 · Eleanor Perry expanded the true incident in Lois Dickert’s magazine story to feature length, retaining many particulars but taking the conclusion to a worst-case extreme. The blood-freezing finale combines the hysteria of the nursery rhyme with a tragedy that veers into ironic, obscene madness.
