| Description |
1 videodisc (55 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.. |
| Series |
American short story collection |
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American short story collection.
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| System Details |
DVD, Region 1. |
| Note |
Based on the short story by Stephen Crane. |
| Cast |
Host, Henry Fonda ; starring David Warner (Swede), Rex Everhart (Scully), James Keach (Johnnie), John Bottoms (Cowboy), Geddeth Smith (Eastener), Thomas Aldredge (Gambler). |
| Credits |
Director of photography, Ed Lynch ; edited by Barbara & Richard Marks. |
| Note |
Broadcast as part of the PBS television series The American short story in 1977. |
| Audience |
MPAA rating: Not rated. |
| Summary |
Nebraska in the 1880's is bleak, lonely, and far from what the Wild West is purported to be. But for a naive Swedish immigrant, the frontier parlor of the blue hotel represent the quintessential western fantasy. No one can convince the Swede that his dime-store notions about the West are foolish. He sees murderous intentions all around him and in his terror he turns everybody against him; the story inevitably ends in tragedy. However, who is responsible? The negative Swede? Or the cliquish hotel guests? |
| Contents |
Scene 1. Blue hotel -- Scene 2. Card game -- Scene 3. Crazy Swede -- Scene 4. Deadly game -- Scene 5. Stranger -- Scene 6. Truth. |
| Note |
Special features: Author bio [text feature]; Actor bios [text feature]; Printable study guide [requires a DVD-ROM drive]; About the ASSC [text feature]; Transcript interview [with Robert Geller]; Henry Fonda intro (2 min.); Watch for these DVD's [text feature]; Trailer[s] (5 min.). |
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GMD: videorecording. |
| Subject |
Crane, Stephen, 1871-1900 -- Film adaptations.
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Frontier and pioneer life -- Drama.
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United States -- Emigration and immigration -- Drama.
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Short stories, American.
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| Genre/Form |
Film adaptations.
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Short films.
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| Added Author |
Kadár, Ján.
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Petrakis, Harry Mark.
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Brown, Ozzie.
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Warner, David, 1941-2022
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Everhart, Rex.
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Keach, James.
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Bottoms, John, 1939-
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Crane, Stephen, 1871-1900
Blue hotel.
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National Endowment for the Humanities.
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Learning in Focus, inc.
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Monterey Video (Firm)
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Monterey Media.
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| Added Title |
Blue hotel |
| ISBN |
1569944318 |
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9781569944318 |
| Standard No. |
012233055825 |
| Music No. |
305582 Monterey Video |
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