| Description |
3 videodiscs (approximately 550 min.) : sound, color and black and white ; 4 3/4 in. |
| System Details |
DVD, NTSC, region 1, anamorphic widescreen (1.85:1) presentation; Dolby digital mono [&], Dolby digital 5.1 stereo (Picnic ; Pal Joey). |
| Note |
Collective title from container. |
| Cast |
Picnic: William Holden, Kim Novak, Betty Field, Susan Strasberg, Cliff Robertson, Rosalind Russell. |
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Jeanne Eagels: Kim Novak, Jeff Chandler, Agnes Moorhead. |
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Bell book and candle: James Stewart, Kim Novak, Jack Lemmon, Ernie Kovacs, Hermione Gingold, Elsa Lanchester, Janice Rule. |
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Middle of the night: Kim Novak, Fredric March, Glenda Farrell, Albert Dekker, Martin Balsam, Lee Grant, Lee Philips. |
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Pal Joey: Rita Hayworth, Frank Sinatra, Kim Novak. |
| Credits |
Picnic: Columbia Pictures presents ; screenplay by Daniel Taradash ; produced by Fred Kohlmar ; directed by, Joshua Logan ; cinematographer, James Wong Howe ; music composed by George Duning. |
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Jeanne Eagels: Columbia Pictures presents ; screenplay by Daniel Fuchs, Sonya Levien, John Fante ; story by Daniel Fuchs ; music composed by George Duning ; produced and directed by George Sidney. |
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Bell book and candle: Columbia Pictures presents a Phoenix production ; screenplay by Daniel Taradash ; produced by Julian Blaustein ; directed by Richard Quine ; music composed by George Duning. |
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Middle of the night: Columbia Pictures presents a Sudan production ; screenplay by Paddy Shayefsky ; produced by George Justin ; directed by Delbert Mann. |
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Pal Joey / Columbia Pictures presents a Essex-George Sidney production ; screenplay by Dorothy Kingsley ; produced by Fred Kohlmar ; directed by George Sidney ; music by Richard Rodgers ; lyrics by Lorenz Hart. |
| Note |
Picnic based upon the play by William Inge. Bell book and candle based upon the play by John Van Druten as produced in New York by Irene Mayer Selznick. Pal Joey based on the play "Pal Joey", book by John O'Hara. |
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At head of title on Jeanne Eagels: George Sidney's. |
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Originally produced as motion pictures 1955-1959. |
| Audience |
Picnic: Rating: PG ; Jeanne Eagels, Bell book and candle, Middle of the night, and Pal Joey not rated. |
| Awards |
Picnic: Academy Awards, 1956: Best art direction-set decoration, best editing. |
| Summary |
Picnic: A slice-of-life drama set in small town Kansas; a drifter drops in on his old college buddy, and falls for the buddy's girl. |
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Jeanne Eagels:The tragic career of a stage and screen star whose climb for the top pushed her over the edge. |
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Bell Book and Candle: A witch gets bored, and longs for a more 'normal' existence, only to fall in love with her upstairs neighbor. |
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Middle of the Night: A young woman is in a relationship with her boss, nearly twice her age, and their families' disapproval threatens their happiness. |
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Pal Joey: A charming louse and former chorus girl turned rich widow seem made for each other, until the nice girl from a nice town comes along and shakes everything up. |
| Contents |
[Disc 1] Picnic (113 min., 1955, col.) ; Jeanne Eagles (109 min., 1957, b&w) -- [Disc 2] Bell book and candle (102 min., 1958, col.) ; Middle of the night (117 min., 1959, b&w) -- [Disc 3] Pal Joey (109 min., 1957, col.). |
| Note |
"Kim Novak's Hollywood picnic" ; select scenes commentary for Jeanne Eagels with Kim Novak and author Stephen Rebello ; "Bewitched, bothered and beautiful" ; "Reflections in the Middle of the Night" ; theatrical trailers; previews. |
| Language |
Optional English (SDH) subtitles for the deaf and hard-of-hearing. |
| Note |
GMD: videorecording. |
| Subject |
Man-woman relationships -- Drama.
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Drifters -- Drama.
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Triangles (Interpersonal relations) -- Drama.
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Kansas -- Drama.
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Entertainers -- Drama.
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Actresses -- Drama.
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Witches -- Drama.
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Divorced women -- Drama.
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Nightclubs -- Drama.
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Inge, William -- Film adaptations.
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Van Druten, John, 1901-1957 -- Film adaptations.
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O'Hara, John, 1905-1970 -- Film adaptations.
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Inge, William. (OCoLC)fst00008969
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O'Hara, John, 1905-1970. (OCoLC)fst00036685
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Van Druten, John, 1901-1957. (OCoLC)fst00191773
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Actresses. (OCoLC)fst00796328
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Divorced women. (OCoLC)fst00895945
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Drifters. (OCoLC)fst00898087
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Entertainers. (OCoLC)fst00912655
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Man-woman relationships. (OCoLC)fst01007080
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Nightclubs. (OCoLC)fst01037674
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Triangles (Interpersonal relations) (OCoLC)fst01156439
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Witches. (OCoLC)fst01176346
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Kansas. (OCoLC)fst01204323
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| Genre/Form |
Musical films.
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Romance films.
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Romantic comedy films.
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Film adaptations.
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Fiction films.
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Feature films.
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Feature films -- United States.
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Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
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Drama. (OCoLC)fst01423879
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Feature films. (OCoLC)fst01710384
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Fiction films. (OCoLC)fst01710264
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Film adaptations. (OCoLC)fst01710491
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Musical films. (OCoLC)fst01710273
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Romance films. (OCoLC)fst01710332
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Romantic comedy films. (OCoLC)fst01710433
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Video recordings for the hearing impaired. (OCoLC)fst01710450
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| Added Author |
Taradash, Daniel, 1913-2003. Screenwriter.
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Logan, Joshua. Director.
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Kohlmar, Fred, 1905-1969. Producer.
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Howe, James Wong. Cinematographer.
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Duning, George. Composer.
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Holden, William, 1918-1981. Actor.
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Novak, Kim. Actor.
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Field, Betty, 1918-1973. Actor.
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Strasberg, Susan. Actor.
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Robertson, Cliff, 1923-2011. Actor.
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Russell, Rosalind. Actor.
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Inge, William.
Picnic.
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Fuchs, Daniel, 1909-1993. Screenwriter.
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Levien, Sonya, 1888?-1960. Screenwriter.
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Fante, John, 1909-1983. Screenwriter.
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Sidney, George, 1916-2002. Producer. Director.
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Chandler, Jeff, 1918-1961. Actor.
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Moorehead, Agnes, 1900-1974. Actor.
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Blaustein, Julian. Producer.
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Quine, Richard, 1920-1989. Director.
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Mann, Delbert, 1920-2007. Director.
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Stewart, James, 1908-1997. Actor.
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Lemmon, Jack. Actor.
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Kovacs, Ernie, 1919-1962. Actor.
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Gingold, Hermione, 1897-1987. Actor.
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Lanchester, Elsa, 1902-1986. Actor.
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Rule, Janice. Actor.
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Chayefsky, Paddy, 1923-1981. Screenwriter.
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Justin, George. Producer.
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March, Fredric, 1897-1975. Actor.
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Farrell, Glenda, 1904-1971. Actor.
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Dekker, Albert, 1905-1968. Actor.
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Balsam, Martin, 1919-1996. Actor.
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Grant, Lee, 1927- Actor.
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Philips, Lee, 1927-1999. Actor.
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Van Druten, John, 1901-1957.
Bell, book and candle.
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Bassman, George, 1914-1997.
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Kingsley, Dorothy. Screenwriter.
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Rodgers, Richard, 1902-1979. Director.
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Hart, Lorenz, 1895-1943.
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Hayworth, Rita, 1918-1987.
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Sinatra, Frank, 1915-1998.
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O'Hara, John, 1905-1970.
Pal Joey.
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Columbia Pictures.
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Julian Blaustein Productions.
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Phoenix (Firm)
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Sudan.
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Essex Productions, Inc.
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Sony Pictures Home Entertainment (Firm)
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| Added Title |
Picnic (Motion picture : 1955)
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Jeanne Eagels.
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Bell book and candle (Motion picture)
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Middle of the night (Motion picture)
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Pal Joey (Motion picture)
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| Standard No. |
043396254664 |
| Music No. |
25466 Sony Pictures Home Entertainment |
