| Description |
5 videodiscs (451 min.) : sound, color and black and white ; 4 3/4 in. |
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digital optical Dolby Digital rda |
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NTSC rda |
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video file DVD video region 1 rda |
| System Details |
DVD; NTSC, region 1; Dolby Digital. |
| Language |
All films in English or French except Captain's paradise, which is only in English. |
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Closed-captioned. |
| Note |
Title from container. |
| Cast |
Kind hearts and coronets: Dennis Price, Valerie Hobson, Joan Greenwood, Alec Guinness. |
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The Lavender Hill mob: Alec Guinness, Stanley Holloway, Sidney James, Alfie Bass. |
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The man in the white suit: Alec Guinness, Joan Greenwood, Cecil Parker. |
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The captain's paradise: Alec Guinness, Yvonne De Carlo, Celia Johnson. |
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The ladykillers: Alec Guinness, Cecil Parker, Peter Sellers, Herbert Lom, Danny Green. |
| Credits |
Kind hearts and coronets: Director of photography, Douglas Slocombe ; editor, Peter Tanner. |
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The Lavender Hill mob: Director of photography, Douglas Slocombe ; editor, Seth Holt ; music, Georges Auric. |
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The man in the white suit: Director of photography, Douglas Slocombe ; editor, Bernard Gribble ; music, Benjamin Frankel. |
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The captain's paradise: Director of photography, Ted Scaife ; editor, G. Turney-Smith ; music, Malcolm Arnold. |
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The ladykillers: Director of photography, Otto Heller ; editor, Jack Harris ; music, Tristram Cary. |
| Note |
Kind hearts and coronets based on the novel by Roy Horniman ; The man in the white suit based on the play by Roger MacDougall. |
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DVD release of the 1949 (Kind hearts and coronets), 1951 (The Lavender Hill mob and The man in the white suit), 1953 (The captain's paradise), and 1955 (The ladykillers) motion pictures. |
| Summary |
Kind hearts and coronets: Following his mother's death, an Edwardian gentleman plots to avenge her by seizing the dukedom of the aristocratic d'Ascoyne family. |
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The Lavender Hill mob: A bank clerk devises a plot to steal a fortune in gold from his own bank. |
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The man in the white suit: An eccentric chemist one day invents a fiber that never wrinkles, wears out or gets dirty. |
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The captain's paradise: The captain of an international ferryboat secretly enjoys one wife in Gibraltar and another in Tangier. |
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The ladykillers: A band of vicious bank robbers rent a room from an elderly widow. |
| Contents |
disc 1. Kind hearts and coronets / J. Arthur Rank presents ; an Ealing Studios production ; screenplay by Robert Hamer, John Dighton ; produced by Michael Balcon ; directed by Robert Hamer (106 min. : black and white). |
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disc 2. The Lavender Hill mob / The J. Arthur Rank Organisation presents ; an Ealing Studios production ; original screenplay by T.E.B. Clarke ; produced by Michael Balcon ; directed by Charles Crichton (81 min. : black and white). |
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disc 3. The man in the white suit / The J. Arthur Rank Organisation presents ; an Ealing Studios production ; screenplay by Roger MacDougall, John Dighton, Alexander MacKendrick ; produced by Michael Balcon ; directed by Alexander MacKendrick (85 min. : black and white). |
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disc 4. The captain's paradise / London Films present ; screenplay by Alec Coppel and Nicholas Phipps ; produced and directed by Anthony Kimmins (88 min. : black and white). |
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disc 5. The ladykillers / The Rank Organisation presents ; an Ealing Studios, Michael Balcon production ; story and screenplay by William Rose ; directed by Alexander MacKendrick (91 min. : color). |
| Subject |
Murder -- Drama.
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Bank employees -- Drama.
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Gold theft -- Drama.
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Chemists -- Drama.
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Sailors -- Drama.
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Bigamy -- Drama.
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Thieves -- Drama.
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England -- Drama.
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Bank employees. (OCoLC)fst00826631
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Bigamy. (OCoLC)fst00831634
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Chemists. (OCoLC)fst00853570
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Gold theft. (OCoLC)fst00944517
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Murder. (OCoLC)fst01029781
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Sailors. (OCoLC)fst01103543
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Thieves. (OCoLC)fst01149995
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England. (OCoLC)fst01219920
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| Genre/Form |
Foreign films.
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Motion pictures -- Great Britain.
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Dark comedy films.
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Crime films.
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Comedy films.
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Fiction films.
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Feature films.
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Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
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Comedy films. (OCoLC)fst01710291
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Crime films. (OCoLC)fst01710477
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Dark comedy films. (OCoLC)fst01710293
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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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Video recordings for the hearing impaired. (OCoLC)fst01710450
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| Added Author |
Guinness, Alec, 1914-2000. Actor.
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Price, Dennis, 1915-1973. Actor.
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Hobson, Valerie, 1917-1998. Actor.
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Greenwood, Joan, 1921-1987. Actor.
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Holloway, Stanley. Actor.
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James, Sidney. Actor.
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Bass, Alfie. Actor.
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Parker, Cecil, 1897-1971. Actor.
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De Carlo, Yvonne. Actor.
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Johnson, Celia, 1908-1982. Actor.
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Sellers, Peter, 1925-1980. Actor.
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Lom, Herbert. Actor.
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Green, Danny, 1903-1973. Actor.
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Hamer, Robert, 1911-1963. Director. Screenwriter.
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Dighton, John, 1909-1989. Screenwriter.
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Balcon, Michael, 1896-1977. Producer.
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Clarke, T. E. B. (Thomas Ernest Bennett), 1907-1989. Screenwriter.
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Crichton, Charles, 1910-1999. Director.
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Mackendrick, Alexander, 1912-1993. Director. Screenwriter.
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Coppel, Alec. Screenwriter.
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Phipps, Nicholas, 1913-1980. Screenwriter.
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Kimmins, Anthony, 1901-1964. Director. Producer.
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Rose, William, 1914-1987. Screenwriter.
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Horniman, Roy, 1874-1930.
Israel Rank.
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MacDougall, Roger.
Man in the white suit.
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Rank Organisation.
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Ealing Studios.
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London Films.
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| Added Title |
Alec Guinness five-film collection |
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Container of (work): Kind hearts and coronets (Motion picture)
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Container of (expression): Kind hearts and coronets (Motion picture). French.
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Container of (work) Lavender Hill mob (Motion picture)
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Container of (expression): Lavender Hill mob (Motion picture). French.
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Container of (work): Man in the white suit (Motion picture).
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Container of (expression): Main in the white suit (Motion picture). French.
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Container of (work): Captain's paradise (Motion picture)
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Container of (work): Ladykillers (Motion picture : 1955)
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Container of (expression): Ladykillers (Motion picture : 1955). French.
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| Standard No. |
012236102045 |
| Music No. |
24929 Lionsgate (set) |
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24929.1.A Lionsgate (disc 1) |
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24929.2.A Lionsgate (disc 2) |
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24929.3.A Lionsgate (disc 3) |
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24929.4.A Lionsgate (disc 4) |
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24929.5.A Lionsgate (disc 5) |
