| Description |
1 videodisc (135 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. |
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digital video mono rda |
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DVD |
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video file DVD rda |
| Series |
Frank Sinatra collection
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| Note |
"Based on the life and music of Jerome Kern." |
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Originally released as a motion picture in 1946. |
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Special features: Till the clouds roll by: reel to reel (featurette); Glimpses of California (a short travelogue in James A. Fitzpatrick's series Traveltalks); Henpecked hoboes (a cartoon directed by Tex Avery); outtakes: Music in the air, D'ya love me?; theatrical trailer. |
| Credits |
Directors of photography, Harry Stradling, George J. Folsey ; film editor, Albert Akst ; art directors, Cedric Gibbons, Daniel B. Cathcart ; set decorator, Edwin B. Willis ; special effects, Warren Newcombe ; musical director, Lennie Hayton ; orchestration, Conrad Salinger ; vocal arranger, Kay Thompson ; musical numbers staged and directed by Robert Alton ; Judy Garland's numbers directed by Vincente Minnelli ; costume designer, Helen Rose. |
| Cast |
Robert Walker, June Allyson, Lucille Bremer, Judy Garland, Kathryn Grayson, Van Heflin, Lena Horne, Van Johnson, Tony Martin, Dinah Shore, Frank Sinatra, Gower Champion, Cyd Charisse, Harry Hayden, Paul Langton, Angela Lansbury, Paul Maxey, Ray McDonald, Mary Nash, Virginia O'Brien, Dorothy Patrick, Caleb Peterson, Wm. "Bill" Phillips, Joan Wells, the Wilde twins. |
| Summary |
A musical based on the life of American Broadway pioneer Jerome Kern, featuring renditions of the famous songs from his musical plays by contemporary stage artists, including a condensed production of his most famous show, Showboat. |
| Audience |
MPAA rating: Not rated. |
| System Details |
DVD; region 1; full screen format (original theatrical ratio); Dolby digital monophonic. |
| Language |
Closed-captioned in English. English dialog with optional French language track and optional English, French, or Spanish subtitles. |
| Subject |
Kern, Jerome, 1885-1945 -- Drama.
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Composers -- United States -- Drama.
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Musical theater -- United States -- Drama.
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| Genre/Form |
Feature films.
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Musical films.
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Biographical films.
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Films for the hearing impaired.
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| Added Author |
Kern, Jerome, 1885-1945. Composer.
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Bolton, Guy, 1882-1979. Author.
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Wells, George, 1909-2000. Adapter.
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Connolly, Myles. Screenwriter.
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Holloway, Jean. Screenwriter.
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Freed, Arthur, 1894-1973. Producer.
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Whorf, Richard, 1906-1966. Director.
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Alton, Robert, 1897-1957. Director.
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Minnelli, Vincente. Director.
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Stradling, Harry, 1901-1970. Cinematographer.
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Folsey, George J., 1898-1988. Cinematographer.
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Akst, Albert, 1890-1958. Film editor.
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Gibbons, Cedric, 1895-1960. Designer.
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Cathcart, Daniel B. Designer.
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Willis, Edwin B. Set designer.
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Newcombe, Warren. Production personnel.
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Hayton, Lennie, 1908-1971. Conductor.
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Salinger, Conrad. Arranger.
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Rose, Helen, 1904-1985. Costume designer.
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Thompson, Kay, 1909-1998. Arranger.
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Walker, Robert, 1918-1951. Actor.
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Allyson, June, 1917-2006. Actor.
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Bremer, Lucille, 1917-1996. Actor.
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Garland, Judy. Actor.
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Grayson, Kathryn, 1922-2010. Actor.
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Heflin, Van, 1910-1971. Actor.
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Horne, Lena. Actor.
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Johnson, Van, 1916-2008. Actor.
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Martin, Tony, 1913- Actor.
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Shore, Dinah, 1917-1994. Actor.
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Sinatra, Frank, 1915-1998. Actor.
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Champion, Gower, 1919-1980. Actor.
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Charisse, Cyd. Actor.
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Hayden, Harry, 1882-1955. Actor.
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Langton, Paul, 1913-1980. Actor.
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Lansbury, Angela, 1925- Actor.
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Maxey, Paul, 1907-1963. Actor.
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McDonald, Ray. Actor.
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Nash, Mary, 1885-1976. Actor.
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O'Brien, Virginia, 1921-2001. Actor.
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Patrick, Dorothy. Actor.
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Peterson, Caleb. Actor.
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Phillips, Bill (William), 1908-1957. Actor.
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Wells, Joan. Actor.
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Wilde, Lyn, 1922- Actor.
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Wilde, Lee, 1922- Actor.
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Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. Producer. Distributor.
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Loew's Incorporated. Producer.
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Warner Home Video (Firm) Distributor.
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| Added Title |
Till the clouds roll by, reel to reel.
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Glimpses of California.
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Henpecked hoboes.
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| ISBN |
1419867806 |
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9781419867804 |
| Standard No. |
883929007561 |
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