Description |
2 videodiscs (405 min.) : sound, black & white and color ; 4 3/4 in. |
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digital optical mono Dolby Audio rda |
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video file DVD video region 1 rda |
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Motion picture. |
System Details |
DVD, region 1, full frame presentation; Dolby digital mono. |
Note |
Title from container. |
Cast |
My favorite wife: Irene Dunne, Cary Grant, Randolph Scott, Gail Patrick. |
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Night and day: Cary Grant, Alexis Smith, Monty Woolley, Ginny Simms, Jane Wyman, Eve Arden, Alan Hale, Dorothy Malone, Selena Royle, Henry Stephenson, Sig Ruman, Mary Martin. |
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The bachelor and the bobby-soxer: Cary Grant, Myrna Loy, Shirley Temple, Rudy Vallee, Ray Collins, Harry Davenport, Johnny Sands, Don Beddoe, Veda Ann Borg. |
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Mr. Blandings builds his dream house: Cary Grant, Myrna Loy, Melvyn Douglas, Reginald Denny, Sharyn Moffett, Connie Marshall, Louise Beavers, Ian Wolfe, Jason Robards, Lex Barker. |
Credits |
My favorite wife: Musical score by Roy Webb ; director of photography, Rudolph Maté ; edited by Robert Wise ; art director, Van Nest Polglase ; gowns by Howard Greer. |
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Night and day: Production numbers orchestrated by Ray Heindorf ; additional music composed and adapted by Max Steiner ; dance numbers created and directed by LeRoy Prinz ; directors of photography, Peverell Marley, William V. Skall ; film editor, David Weisbart ; art director, John Hughes ; dance costumes designed by Travilla. |
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The bachelor and the bobby-soxer: Music by Leigh Harline ; directors of photography, Robert deGrasse, Nicholas Musuraca ; film editor, Frederic Knudtson ; art directors, Albert S. D'Agostino, Carroll Clark ; gowns by Edward Stevenson. |
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Mr. Blandings builds his dream house: Director of photography, James Wong Howe ; art directors, Albert S. D'Agostino, Carroll Clark ; music by Leigh Harline ; film editor, Harry Marker. |
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Mr. Blandings builds his dream house is based on the book by Eric Hodgins. |
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Originally produced as individual motion pictures, 1940 - 1948. |
Audience |
MPAA rating: Not rated. |
Summary |
My favorite wife: After being stranded on an island with a handsome man for seven years, a lady explorer returns home only to find herself pronounced legally dead and her husband about to remarry. |
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Night and day: An exploration of the life and times of Cole Porter. |
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The bachelor and the bobby-soxer: Through no fault of his own, artist and lady's man Richard Nugent finds a love-besotted teenage girl curled on his sofa. Through no fault of his own, the teen's sister is a judge who "sentences" thunderstruck Richard to date the girl until her schoolgirl crush wanes. |
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Mr. Blandings builds his dream house: A Manhattan couple decides to leave their high-rise apartment and build a house in rural Connecticut. |
Contents |
Disc 1. My favorite wife (1940 ; 88 min.) / an RKO Radio picture ; a Leo McCarey production ; original story by Bella & Samuel Spewack and Leo McCarey ; written for the screen by Bella & Samuel Spewack ; directed by Garson Kanin -- Night and day (1946 ; 128 min.) / Warner Bros. Pictures ; a Warner Bros.-First National picture ; directed by Michael Curtiz ; screen play by Charles Hoffman, Leo Townsend and William Bowers ; adaptation by Jack Moffitt ; produced by Arthur Schwartz -- |
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Disc 2. The bachelor and the bobby-soxer (1947 ; 95 min.) / an RKO Radio picture ; original story and screen play by Sidney Sheldon ; a Dore Schary production ; directed by Irving Reis -- Mr. Blandings builds his dream house (1948 ; 94 min.) / A Selznick release ; [presented by] Dore Schary ; an RKO Radio production ; produced and written for the screen by Norman Panama and Melvin Frank ; directed by H.C. Potter. |
Awards |
Academy Awards, 1948: Best Writing, Original Screenplay (The bachelor and the bobby-soxer). |
Language |
In English with optional English or Spanish subtitles; closed-captioned. (Container erroneously lists French subtitles as well, but they are not present on the discs.) |
Subject |
Porter, Cole, 1891-1964 -- Drama.
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Porter, Cole, 1891-1964. (OCoLC)fst00050281
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Shipwreck survival -- Drama.
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Husband and wife -- Drama.
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Honeymoons -- Drama.
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Homeowners -- Drama.
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Families -- Drama.
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Families. (OCoLC)fst01728849
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Homeowners. (OCoLC)fst00959619
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Honeymoons. (OCoLC)fst00959989
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Husband and wife. (OCoLC)fst00964385
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Shipwreck survival. (OCoLC)fst01761960
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Genre/Form |
Feature films.
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Romantic comedy films.
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Screwball comedy films.
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Biographical films.
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Comedy films.
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Fiction films.
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Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
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Biographical films. (OCoLC)fst01710277
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Comedy films. (OCoLC)fst01710291
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Drama. (OCoLC)fst01423879
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Feature films. (OCoLC)fst01710384
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Fiction films. (OCoLC)fst01710264
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Romantic comedy films. (OCoLC)fst01710433
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Screwball comedy films. (OCoLC)fst01710435
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Video recordings for the hearing impaired. (OCoLC)fst01710450
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Added Author |
Dunne, Irene, 1898-1990, actor.
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Grant, Cary, 1904-1986, actor.
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Scott, Randolph, 1898-1987, actor.
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Patrick, Gail, 1911-1980, actor.
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Smith, Alexis, 1921-1993, actor.
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Woolley, Monty, 1888-1963, actor.
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Simms, Ginny, actor.
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Wyman, Jane, 1917-2007, actor.
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Loy, Myrna, 1905-1993, actor.
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Temple, Shirley, 1928-2014, actor.
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Douglas, Melvyn, actor.
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Kanin, Garson, 1912-1999, film director.
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Curtiz, Michael, 1886-1962, film director.
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Reis, Irving, 1906-1953, film director.
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Potter, H. C. (Henry C.), 1904-1977, film director.
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McCarey, Leo, film producer.
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Spewack, Bella Cohen, 1899-1990, screenwriter.
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Spewack, Samuel, 1899-1971, screenwriter.
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Hoffman, Charles, 1911-1972, screenwriter.
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Townsend, Leo, 1908-1987, screenwriter.
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Bowers, William, 1916-1987, screenwriter.
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Moffitt, John C., 1901-1969, screenwriter.
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Sheldon, Sidney, screenwriter.
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Panama, Norman, screenwriter.
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Frank, Melvin, 1913-1988, screenwriter.
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Hodgins, Eric, 1899-1971.
Mr. Blandings builds his dream house.
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RKO Radio Pictures, presenter.
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Warner Bros. Pictures (1923-1967), presenter.
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First National Pictures, Inc.
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Selznick International Pictures.
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Warner Bros. Home Entertainment (Firm), publisher.
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Added Title |
Cary Grant |
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My favorite wife
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Night and day
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Bachelor and the bobby-soxer
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Mr. Blandings builds his dream house
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Standard No. |
883929596614 |
Music No. |
2000135397 - 2000135398 Warner Bros. (discs) |
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3000073526 Warner Bros. (container) |
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