Edition |
Standard version. |
Description |
1 videodisc (approximately 85 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in. |
System Details |
DVD, region 1, full screen (1.33:1) presentation; Dolby Digital mono., dual layer. |
Cast |
Edward G. Robinson, Jane Bryan, Allen Jenkins, Ruth Donnelly, Willard Parker. |
Credits |
Director of photography, Sid Hickox ; editor, James Gibbon ; music and lyrics by M.K. Jerome and Jack Scholl ; musical director, Leo F. Forbstein. |
Note |
Based on the stage play by Damon Runyon and Howard Lindsay. |
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Originally released as a motion picture in 1938. |
Audience |
Not rated. |
Summary |
Prohibition's ban on booze is over and bootlegger Remy Marco must make some changes and go legit. He finds that his ties to his former colleagues are holding him back. Furthermore, his daughter has fallen in love with a cop, and he can't get over his distrust of the police. |
Note |
Special features: "Warner night at the movies 1938" short subjects gallery: vintage newsreel, OscarĀ®-nominated drama short "Declaration of independence," cartoon "The night watchman," trailers of "A slight case of murder" and "The dawn patrol"; featurette "Prohibition opens the floodgates"; commentary soundtrack by Robert Sklar. |
Language |
English dialogue, English, French or Spanish subtitles; closed-captioned. |
Note |
GMD: videorecording. |
Subject |
Businessmen -- United States -- Drama.
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Alcoholic beverage industry -- United States -- Drama.
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Racketeering -- United States -- Drama.
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Murder -- Drama.
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Families -- United States -- Drama.
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Prohibition -- United States -- Drama.
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Alcohol -- Drama.
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Genre/Form |
Feature films.
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Screwball comedy films.
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Parody films.
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Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
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Screwball comedy -- Feature.
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Parody -- Feature.
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Feature films.
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Comedy films.
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Farces.
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Added Author |
Bacon, Lloyd, 1890-1955.
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Baldwin, Earl, 1901-1970.
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Schrank, Joseph.
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Robinson, Edward G., 1893-1973.
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Bryan, Jane, 1918-2009.
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Jenkins, Allen, 1900-1974.
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Donnelly, Ruth, 1896-1982.
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Parker, Willard, 1912-1996.
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Runyon, Damon, 1880-1946
Slight case of murder.
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Lindsay, Howard, 1889-1968
Slight case of murder.
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Warner Bros. Pictures (1923-1967)
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First National Pictures, Inc.
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Warner Home Video (Firm)
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ISBN |
1419825917 |
Standard No. |
012569679511 |
Music No. |
67951 Warner Home Video |
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