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Title Higher and higher / RKO Radio Pictures, Inc. presents ; screen play by Jay Dratler and Ralph Spence ; additional dialogue by William Bowers and Howard Harris ; produced and directed by Tim Whelan.

Publication Info. Burbank, CA : Turner Entertainment Co. : Warner Bros. Entertainment : Distributed by Warner Home Video, 2008.

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Description 1 videodisc (90 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in.
Series Frank Sinatra collection
Frank Sinatra. The early years
Frank Sinatra collection (Turner Entertainment Co.)
Frank Sinatra. Early years.
System Details DVD, region 1, full screen presentation; Dolby Digital mono.
Cast Michele Morgan, Jack Haley, Frank Sinatra, Leon Errol, Marcy McGuire, Victor Borge, Mary Wickes, Elisabeth Risdon, Barbara Hale, Mel Torme, Paul and Grace Hartman, Dooley Wilson, Ivy Scott.
Credits Director of photography, Robert de Grasse ; editor, Gene Milford ; musical direction, C. Bakaleinikoff.
Note Based upon the musical play "Higher and higher" (book by Gladys Hurlbut and Joshua Logan ; produced by Dwight Deere Wiman ; music and lyrics of song 'Disgustingly rich' by Richard Rodgers and Lorenz Hart).
Originally produced as a motion picture in 1943.
Audience Not rated by MPAA.
Summary Formerly rich Mr. Drake is broke ... with his household staff's wages in arrears. Conniving valet Mike O'Brien hatches a scheme to pass off the scullery maid as Drake's debutante daughter and net a rich husband for the benefit of all.
Language English dialogue with subtitles in English and French; subtitles for the deaf and hard-of-hearing.
Subject Rich people -- United States -- Drama.
Household employees -- Drama.
Valets -- Drama.
Bankruptcy -- Drama.
Deception -- Drama.
Man-woman relationships -- Drama.
Debutantes -- Drama.
Marriage -- Drama.
Bankruptcy. (OCoLC)fst00826826
Debutantes. (OCoLC)fst00888892
Deception. (OCoLC)fst00888968
Household employees. (OCoLC)fst01730010
Man-woman relationships. (OCoLC)fst01007080
Marriage. (OCoLC)fst01010443
Rich people. (OCoLC)fst01097537
Valets. (OCoLC)fst01163806
United States. (OCoLC)fst01204155
Genre/Form Comedy films. (OCoLC)fst01710291
Drama. (OCoLC)fst01423879
Feature films. (OCoLC)fst01710384
Fiction films. (OCoLC)fst01710264
Musical films. (OCoLC)fst01710273
Video recordings for the hearing impaired. (OCoLC)fst01710450
Feature films.
Musical films.
Comedy films.
Feature films.
Fiction films.
Musical films.
Comedy films.
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
Musical -- Feature.
Comedy -- Feature.
Added Author De Grasse, Robert, 1900-1971.
Milford, Gene.
Bakaleinikoff, C. (Constantin), 1898-1966.
Whelan, Tim, 1893-1957.
Dratler, Jay.
Spence, Ralph, 1890-1949.
Bowers, William, 1916-1987.
Harris, Howard, 1912-1986.
Hurlbut, Gladys, 1898-1988.
Logan, Joshua.
Wiman, Dwight Deere, 1895-1951.
Morgan, Michèle, 1920-2016.
Haley, Jack, 1897-1979.
Sinatra, Frank, 1915-1998.
Errol, Leon, 1881-1951.
McGuire, Marcy.
Borge, Victor.
Wickes, Mary, 1910-1995.
Risdon, Elizabeth, 1887-1958.
Hale, Barbara, 1922-2017.
Tormé, Mel, 1925-1999.
Hartman, Paul, 1904-1973.
Hartman, Grace, 1907-1955.
Wilson, Dooley, 1894-1953.
Scott, Ivy, 1886-1947.
RKO Radio Pictures.
Turner Entertainment Co.
Warner Bros. Entertainment.
Warner Home Video (Firm)
Standard No. 883929010301
ISBN 1419867660
9781419867668
Music No. 1000037096 Warner Home Video
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