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Uniform Title Cleopatra (Motion picture : 1934)
Title Cleopatra / Adolph Zuker presents ; screenplay by Waldemar Young and Vincent Lawrence ; directed by Cecil B. DeMille.

Publication Info. Universal City, Calif. : Universal Studios Home Entertainment, 2009.
1934.

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Location Call No. Status
 Mansfield, Main Library - Adult Audio Visual  DVD CLEOPATRA    Check Shelf
Edition 75th anniversary edition.
Description 1 videodisc (112 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in..
Series Universal backlot series
Universal backlot series.
System Details DVD; NTSC; region 1; full frame (1.33:1) presentation; digitally remastered; dual-layer.
Cast Claudette Colbert, Warren William, Henry Wilcoxon, Ian Keith, Joseph Schildkraut, C. Aubrey Smith, Gertrude Michael.
Credits Music, Rudolph Kopp ; photography, Victor Milner.
Note Originally released as a motion picture in 1934.
Audience Not rated.
Summary Egypt, 48 B.C. Cleopatra is facing palace revolt in her kingdom. She decides to embrace the arrival of Julius Caesar as a way of solidifying her power under Roman rule. When Caesar is led astray by Cleopatra and is killed, she transfers her affections to Marc Antony. She does all that she can to dazzle Marc on a barge fit for a king. But her trick may not work this time around. A web of royal deception and betrayal.
Note Special features: Claudette Colbert : queen of the silver screen; Cecil B. DeMille : Hollywood's epic director; Forbidden film : the Production Code era; Feature commentary with filmmaker F.X. Feeney.
Language English or dubbed Spanish dialogue with optional English, French or Spanish subtitles.
Note GMD: videorecording.
Subject Cleopatra, Queen of Egypt, -30 B.C. -- Drama.
Egypt -- Politics and government -- 332 B.C.-30 B.C. -- Drama.
Egypt -- History -- 332 B.C.-30 B.C. -- Drama.
Man-woman relationships -- Egypt -- Drama.
Deception -- Egypt -- Drama.
Betrayal -- Egypt -- Drama.
Genre/Form Feature films.
Added Author DeMille, Cecil B. (Cecil Blount), 1881-1959.
Zukor, Adolph, 1873-1976.
Young, Waldemar, 1878-1938.
Lawrence, Vincent, 1890-1946.
Colbert, Claudette.
William, Warren, 1895-1948.
Wilcoxon, Henry, 1905-1984.
Keith, Ian, 1899-1960.
Schildkraut, Joseph, 1895-1964.
Smith, C. Aubrey (Charles Aubrey), 1863-1948.
Michael, Gertrude, 1911-1964.
Paramount Pictures, Inc.
Universal Studios Home Entertainment (Firm)
Added Title Cecil B. DeMille's Cleopatra
Standard No. 025195051002
Music No. 61106005 Universal Studios Home Entertainment
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