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Title The Stork Club ; The perils of Pauline.

Publication Info. [United States] : Marengo Films, Inc., [2004]
©2004

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Location Call No. Status
 Windsor Locks Public Library - Adult Department  DVD STORK    Check Shelf
Description 1 videodisc (196 min.) : sound, color and black and white ; 4 3/4 in.
Note Title from container.
System Details DVD (NTSC, all regions).
Cast The Stork Club: Betty Hutton, Barry Fitzgerald, Andy Russell, Don DeFore.
The perils of Pauline: Betty Hutton, John Lund, Billy De Wolfe.
Credits The Stork Club: screenplay, B.G. de Sylva, John McGowan; director, Hal Walker.
The perils of Pauline: screenplay, P.J. Wolfson, Frank Butler; music, Robert Emmett Dolan; songs, Frank Loesser; producer, Sol C. Siegel; director, George Marshall.
Note Originally produced as motion pictures in 1945 and 1947 by Paramount Pictures, Inc.
The perils of Pauline based on a story by P.J. Wolfson.
Summary The Stork Club (b&w, 98 min., 1945): "This charming romantic comedy is set in motion by an older millionaire (Fitzgerald) whose life is saved by a hat check girl (Hutton) who works at the fabulous Stork Club. The millionaire decides he will use part of his fortune to make the girl happy. When Betty Hutton's boyfriend (Defore) returns from the war in the Pacific a series of delightful misunderstandings ensue proving money cannot buy happiness... but love can"--Container.
The perils of Pauline (col., 98 min., 1947 ): "Betty Hutton a severely underrated superb star plays the part of silent serial screen star Pearl White. She moves from a sweat shop to a traveling repertory company where she meets the star of the show Mike Farrington (Lund) and falls in love. Unfortunately for her he is a 'cold fish'. Miss Hutton works like a trooper in this romance to get her man. After leaving the company she becomes a famous silent screen star while Farrington's star begins to dim. Farrington's ego and World War I get in the way of their romance and all seems doomed for the couple when fate steps in"--Container.
Note GMD: videorecording;.
Subject White, Pearl, 1889-1938 -- Drama.
Genre/Form Musical films.
Biographical films.
Feature films.
Fiction films.
Added Author Hutton, Betty.
Fitzgerald, Barry, 1888-1961.
Defore, Don, 1913-1993.
Russell, Andy, 1919-1992.
Lund, John, 1911-1992.
De Wolfe, Billy, 1907-1974.
De Sylva, B. G. (Buddy Gard), 1896-1950.
McGowan, John, 1894-1977.
Walker, Hal, 1896-1972.
Wolfson, P. J. (Pincus Jacob), 1903-1979.
Butler, Frank, 1890-1967.
Dolan, Robert Emmett, 1908-1972.
Loesser, Frank, 1910-1969.
Siegel, Sol C., 1903-1982.
Marshall, George, 1891-1975.
Paramount Pictures, Inc.
Marengo Films (Firm)
Added Title Perils of Pauline (Motion picture : 1947)
Music No. MRG 0052 Marengo Films, Inc.
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