Edition |
Widescreen version. |
Description |
1 videodisc (176 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. |
System Details |
DVD; region 1, NTSC; widescreen letterbox presentation enhanced for widescreen TVs; Dolby digital 5.1 surround. |
Cast |
Judy Garland, James Mason, Jack Carson, Charles Bickford, Tom Noonan, Lucy Marlow, Amanda Blake, Irving Bacon, Hazel Shermet. |
Credits |
Art director, Malcolm Bert ; film editor, Folmar Blangsted ; sound by Charles B. Lang, David Forrest ; set decorator, George James Hopkins ; special effects by H.F. Koenekamp ; vocal arrangements by Jack Cathcart ; orchestrations by Skip Martin ; song "Born in a trunk" music and lyrics by Leonard Gershe ; art direction and costumes for "Born in a trunk" by Irene Sharaff ; production design by Gene Allen ; costumes designed by Jean Louis, Mary Ann Nyberg ; music by Harold Arlen ; lyrics by Ira Gershwin ; dances created and staged by Richard Barstow ; musical direction by Ray Heindorf. |
Note |
Based on the Dorothy Parker, Alan Campbell, Robert Carson screen play from a story by William A. Wellman and Robert Carson. |
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Originally released as a motion picture in 1954. |
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Also issued as part of the Judy Garland, the signature collection. |
Summary |
Drunken waning movie star Norman Maine meets showgirl Esther Blodgett when he literally stumbles into her act one night. A friendship develops which blossoms into romance but tensions increase as Esther's career takes off while Norman's plummets. |
Contents |
Side A. Feature film -- Side B. Special features. |
Note |
Special features: Cast & crew biographies; Judy Garland outtakes ("The man that got away", "When my sugar walks down the street"); Documentary footage (Hollywood premiere newsreel, Pantages premiere TV special, Cocoanut Grove premiere party); Theatrical trailers of the 1837, 1954, and 1976 versions of the film; 1954 Warner Bros. exhibitors reel; Audio outtakes (Oliver on the phone with the director discussing Norman; Norman and Esther on the roof of the Hotel Lancaster). |
Awards |
Golden Globes 1954: Best actress, Judy Garland; Best actor, James Mason. |
Language |
In English with optional English or French subtitles; closed-captioned. |
Note |
GMD: videorecording. |
Local Note |
Some of the Simsbury Public Library items are are part of the Hayes Collection. |
Subject |
Motion picture actors and actresses -- Drama.
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Man-woman relationships -- Drama.
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Jealousy -- Drama.
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Genre/Form |
Musical films.
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Feature films.
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Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
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Subject |
Actors -- Drama.
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Indexed Term |
Acteurs et actrices de film cinématographique Drame. |
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Rapports de Homme-femme Drame. |
Added Author |
Hart, Moss, 1904-1961. Screenwriter.
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Leavitt, Samuel, 1904-1984. Cinematographer.
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Luft, Sid. Producer.
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Cukor, George, 1899-1983. Director.
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Garland, Judy. Actor.
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Mason, James, 1909-1984. Actor.
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Carson, Jack, 1910-1963. Actor.
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Bickford, Charles, 1891-1967. Actor.
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Noonan, Tommy, 1921-1968. Actor.
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Marlow, Lucy. Actor.
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Blake, Amanda. Actor.
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Bacon, Irving, 1893-1965. Actor.
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Shermet, Hazel. Actor.
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Bert, Malcolm. Artistic director.
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Blangsted, Folmar, 1904-1982. Film editor.
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Lang, Charles B. Sound designer.
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Hopkins, George James. Set designer.
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Cathcart, Jack. Arranger.
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Martin, Skip. Composer.
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Gershe, Leonard. Composer. Lyricist.
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Sharaff, Irene. Artistic director. Costume designer.
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Allen, Gene. Designer.
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Louis, Jean, 1907-1997. Costume designer.
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Nyberg, Mary Ann, 1923-1979. Costume designer.
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Arlen, Harold, 1905-1986. Composer.
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Gershwin, Ira, 1896-1983. Lyricist.
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Barstow, Richard. Choreographer.
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Heindorf, Ray, 1908-1980. Conductor.
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Parker, Dorothy, 1893-1967. Author.
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Campbell, Alan, 1905-1963. Author.
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Carson, Robert, 1909-1983. Author.
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Wellman, William A., 1937- Author.
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Warner Bros. Pictures (1923-1967)
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Transcona Enterprises, Inc.
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Warner Home Video (Firm)
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Added Title |
Judy Garland, the signature collection.
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ISBN |
0790743450 |
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9780790743455 |
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0790794667 set |
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9780790794662 set |
Standard No. |
085391758822 |
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085393498320 (set) |
Music No. |
17588 Warner Home Video |
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34983 Warner Home Video (set) |
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