| Edition |
Special edition. |
| Description |
1 videodisc (approximately 165 min.) : sound, silent, black and white ; 4 3/4 in. |
| System Details |
DVD. |
| Cast |
[Blackmail] Anny Ondra, Sara Allgood, Charles Paton, John Longden, Donald Calthrop, Cyril Richard. |
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[Easy virtue] Isabel Jeans, Robin Irvine, Franklin Dyall, Eric Bransby Williams. |
| Credits |
[Blackmail] Produced by John Maxwell ; dialogue by Benn Levy ; photographer, Jack Cox ; editor, Emile de Ruelle ; music, Campbell & Connelly. [Easy virtue] Scenario, Eliot Stannard ; photographer, Claude McDonnell ; editor, Ivor Montagu. |
| Note |
Blackmail originally produced as a motion picture in 1929. Easy virtue originally produced as a silent motion picture in 1927. |
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Blackmail based on the play by Charles Bennett; Easy virtue based on the play by Noel Coward. |
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Includes an introduction by Tony Curtis and original theatrical trailer from Rear window. |
| Summary |
[Blackmail] A young woman kills an artist who attempts to rape her. Her Scotland Yard detective boyfriend soon learns the killer's identity, but so has someone else. First produced as a silent film, then in this version with dialog. |
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[Easy virtue] "After divorcing an abusive husband, an innocent woman makes a valiant effort at beginning her life anew, but she cannot escape the incidents surrounding her past"--Container. |
| Contents |
Blackmail (85 min.) -- Easy virtue (80 min.). |
| Language |
First feature in English; second is silent with English intertitles; both have optional subtitles in Spanish, Japanese and Chinese. |
| Note |
GMD: videorecording. |
| Subject |
Rape victims -- Drama.
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Murder -- Drama.
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Abused women -- Drama.
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| Genre/Form |
Feature films.
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Feature films -- Great Britain.
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Detective and mystery films.
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Detective and mystery films -- Great Britain.
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Silent films.
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Silent films -- Great Britain.
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Foreign films.
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| Subject |
Feature films.
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Silent films.
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| Added Author |
Hitchcock, Alfred, 1899-1980. Director. Screenwriter.
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Maxwell, John, 1875-1940.
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Levy, Benn W. (Benn Wolfe), 1900-1973. Screenwriter.
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Ondra, Anny. Actor.
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Longden, John, 1900-1971. Actor.
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Woolf, C. M.
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Balcon, Michael, 1896-1977.
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Stannard, Eliot. Screenwriter.
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Jeans, Isabel, 1891-1985. Actor.
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Dyall, Franklin. Actor.
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Bennett, Charles, 1899-1995
Blackmail.
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Coward, Noël, 1899-1973.
Easy virtue.
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British International Pictures.
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Wardour Films.
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Gainsborough Studios.
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Delta Entertainment Corporation.
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Laserlight DVD (Firm)
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| Note |
Title on disc and container: Blackmail and Easy virtue |
| Added Title |
Easy virtue.
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| Standard No. |
018111997430 |
| Music No. |
82036 Laserlight DVD |
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