| Description |
1 videodisc (89 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in. |
| System Details |
DVD; Region 1; Dolby Digital mono.; full screen presentation, preserving the aspect ratio of the original theatrical presentation, 1.33:1. |
| Cast |
Maureen O'Hara (Judy), Louis Hayward (Jimmy Harris), Lucille Ball (Bubbles), Virginia Field (Elinor Harris), Ralph Bellamy (Steve Adams), Mary Carlisle (Sally), Katharine Alexander (Miss Olmstead), Edward Brophy (Dwarfie), Walter Abel (Judge), Harold Huber (Hoboken gent), Maria Ouspenskaya (Madame Basilova). |
| Credits |
Music director, Edward Ward ; dances staged by Ernst Matray ; lyrics by Chester Forrest and Robert Wright ; director of photography, Russell Metty ; art director, Van Nest Polglase ; gowns by Edward Stevenson ; edited by Robert Wise. |
| Note |
Originally produced as an American motion picture in 1940. |
| Audience |
MPAA Rating: Not rated. |
| Summary |
Judy O'Brien is an aspiring ballerina whose poor finances have reduced her and her mentor, Madame Lydia Basilova, to corralling chorus girls for local nightclubs. They have a rising star in "Bubbles," a dame with ambition to spare. Bubbles and Judy accidentally end up competing for the same man--but romance comes second to their careers. Bubbles is looking to marry into money rather than for love, while Judy is a serious dancer struggling to overcome the crass surroundings and establish herself as an artist. When Bubbles leaves the act and becomes a burlesque queen, she cruelly hires the desperate Judy for the unfortunate role of 'stooge' - a dancer whose sole function is to make the main act look stronger by comparison. After a spectacular catfight, the dancer's reconcile their differences, and all ends well. |
| Contents |
Credits -- Raiding the joint -- Jimmy shifts girls -- Be good to Ferdinand -- Reno business -- Need for oomph -- Bubbles shows 'em how -- Madame's misstep -- Outside looking in -- "Urban Ballet" finale -- Meeting in the rain -- Bubbles the angel -- "Mother, What Do I Do Now?" -- Laughingstock -- "The Jitterbug Bite" -- Stooge -- It's Twinkletoes I'm after -- Sneaking out on a date -- Wish on a star -- Elinor's plans -- "Morning Star," evening bride -- Headlines and consolation -- Bubbles' bombshell -- Girlfight -- Mixed-up about each other -- Throwing him back -- Go ahead and laugh -- Cast list. |
| Note |
Special features: Just a cute kid [featurette] (1940) (20 min.); Malibu Beach party [cartoon] (1940) (8 min.). |
| Language |
In English with optional subtitles in English or French; closed-captioned. |
| Note |
GMD: videorecording. |
| Subject |
Dancers -- Drama.
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Friendship -- Drama.
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Female friendship -- Drama.
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Burlesque (Theater) -- Drama.
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Man-woman relationships -- Drama.
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| Genre/Form |
Feature films.
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Comedy films.
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Musical films.
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Romantic comedy films.
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Melodrama.
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Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
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| Added Author |
Pommer, Erich, 1889-1966. Producer.
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Slesinger, Tess, 1905-1945. Screenwriter.
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Davis, Frank, 1897-1984. Screenwriter.
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Baum, Vicki, 1888-1960. Author.
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Arzner, Dorothy, 1900-1979. Director.
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O'Hara, Maureen, 1920-2015. Actor.
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Hayward, Louis, 1909-1985. Actor.
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Ball, Lucille, 1911-1989. Actor.
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Field, Virginia, 1917-1992. Actor.
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Bellamy, Ralph, 1904-1991. Actor.
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Carlisle, Mary, 1914-2018. Actor.
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Alexander, Katharine, 1898-1981. Actor.
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Brophy, Edward, 1895-1960. Actor.
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Abel, Walter, 1898-1987. Actor.
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Huber, Harold, 1910-1959. Actor.
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Ouspenskaya, Maria, 1876-1949. Actor.
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RKO Radio Pictures.
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Turner Entertainment Co.
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Warner Home Video (Firm)
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| ISBN |
1419848038 |
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9781419848032 |
| Standard No. |
053939782226 |
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00053939782226 |
| Music No. |
T7822 Warner Home Video |
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