| Edition |
Remastered ed. |
| Description |
1 videodisc (151 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in. |
| Series |
Warner Bros. Home Entertainment Group archive collection |
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Archive collection.
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| System Details |
DVD-R, NTSC, full screen (1.37:1) presentation ; Dolby Digital mono. |
| Cast |
Robert Alda, Joan Leslie, Alexis Smith, Charles Coburn, Oscar Levant, Paul Whiteman, George White, Hazel Scott, Anne Brown, Al Jolson. |
| Credits |
Dance numbers created and directed by Le Roy Prinz ; music and lyrics by George Gershwin and Ira Gershwin ; orchestral arrangements by Ray Heindorf ; vocal arrangements by Dudley Chambers ; director of photography, Sol Polito ; film editor, Folmer Blangsted ; original story by Sonya Levien. |
| Note |
Originally produced as a motion picture in 1945. |
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"This disc is expected to play back in DVD video "play only" devices and may not play back in other DVD devices, including recorders and PC drives."--Container. |
| Audience |
MPAA rating: Not rated. |
| Summary |
Biographical film about George Gershwin; his rise from music hall pianist to revered composer. |
| Note |
Special feature: Trailer. |
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GMD: videorecording. |
| Subject |
Gershwin, George, 1898-1937 -- Drama.
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Composers -- Biography -- Drama.
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| Genre/Form |
Musical films.
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Biographical films.
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Fiction films.
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Feature films.
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Feature films -- United States.
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| Added Author |
Rapper, Irving, 1898-1999. Director.
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Lasky, Jesse L., 1880-1958. Producer.
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Paul, Elliot, 1891-1958. Screenwriter.
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Koch, Howard. Screenwriter.
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Alda, Robert. Actor.
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Leslie, Joan, 1925-2015. Actor.
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Smith, Alexis, 1921-1993. Actor.
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Coburn, Charles. Actor.
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Levant, Oscar, 1906-1972. Actor.
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Whiteman, Paul, 1890-1967. Actor.
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White, George, 1890-1968. Actor.
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Scott, Hazel. Actor.
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Brown, Anne, 1912-2009. Actor.
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Jolson, Al, 1886-1950. Actor.
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Blangsted, Folmar, 1904-1982. Film editor.
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Polito, Sol, 1892-1960. Cinematographer.
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Chambers, Dudley.
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Prinz, Le Roy, 1895-1983.
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Heindorf, Ray, 1908-1980.
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Levien, Sonya, 1888?-1960.
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Gershwin, George, 1898-1937. Composer. Lyricist.
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Gershwin, Ira, 1896-1983. Composer. Lyricist.
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Warner Bros. Pictures (1923-1967)
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First National Pictures, Inc.
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Warner Home Video (Firm)
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| Added Title |
Story of George Gershwin |
| Standard No. |
883316399781 |
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