| Edition |
Full frame. |
| Description |
1 videodisc (98 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in. + 4 lobby cards in an envelope. |
| Series |
Cinema classics collection |
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Cinema classics collection.
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| System Details |
DVD, region 1; full screen (1.33:1) presentation; dual layer ; NTSC. |
| Cast |
Tyrone Power, Gene Tierney, George Sanders, Frances Farmer, Elsa Lanchester, Kay Johnson, Roddy McDowall, John Carradine. |
| Credits |
Director of photography, Arthur Miller ; editor, Walter Thompson ; music, Alfred Newman. |
| Note |
Based on the novel Benjamin Blake by Edison Marshall. |
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Originally released as a motion picture in 1942. |
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Some copies issued in a boxed set entitled: Tyrone Power collection. |
| Audience |
Not rated. |
| Summary |
Set in the 19th century, the illegitimate son of a British aristocrat, Benjamin Blake, is forced into servitude by a wicked uncle. As a rebellious young man, Benjamin falls for a beautiful aristocrat and is beaten as punishment. Fleeing his tyrannical uncle, Benjamin stows away on a ship and lands on an idyllic South Pacific island. There he romances an exotic native beauty and earns a fortune diving for pearls with a fellow shipmate. But Benjamin's enchanted paradise becomes his prison as he yearns for revenge. When a ship arrives, bound for England, Benjamin steps aboard, heading home to seek the title and inheritance that are his. |
| Note |
Special features: isolated score soundtrack; behind-the-scenes featurette; still gallery; advertising gallery; original theatrical trailer. |
| Language |
English (stereo. or mono.) and dubbed Spanish (mono.) soundtracks with optional English, Spanish or French subtitles; closed-captioned. |
| Note |
GMD: videorecording. |
| Subject |
Illegitimate children -- Drama.
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Uncles -- England -- Drama.
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Slavery -- England -- Drama.
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Stowaways -- Oceania -- Drama.
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Pearl divers -- Oceania -- Drama.
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Revenge -- Drama.
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Inheritance and succession -- England -- Drama.
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Marshall, Edison, 1894-1967 -- Film adaptations.
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Illegitimacy -- Drama.
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Marshall, Edison, 1894-1967 -- Adaptations -- Drama.
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| Genre/Form |
Feature films.
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Action and adventure films.
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Film adaptations.
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Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
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Adventure -- Feature.
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Adaptation -- Feature.
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Feature films.
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Adventure films.
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| Added Author |
Cromwell, John, 1886-1979.
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Zanuck, Darryl Francis, 1902-1979.
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Dunne, Philip, 1908-1992.
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Power, Tyrone, 1914-1958.
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Tierney, Gene.
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Sanders, George, 1906-1972.
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Farmer, Frances, 1913-1970.
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Lanchester, Elsa, 1902-1986.
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Johnson, Kay, 1904-1975.
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Carradine, John.
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McDowall, Roddy.
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Marshall, Edison, 1894-1967
Benjamin Blake.
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Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corporation.
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Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment, Inc.
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| Added Title |
Story of Benjamin Blake |
| Standard No. |
024543437543 |
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024543438199 (boxed set) |
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