Edition |
Remastered ed. |
Description |
1 videodisc (113 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in. |
Physical Medium |
4 3/4 in. |
Description |
digital mono Dolby rda |
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laser optical NTSC rda |
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video file DVD video rda |
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Motion picture |
Series |
Archive collection |
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Archive collection.
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System Details |
DVD; full screen (4x3, 1.37:1); Dolby digital mono. |
Note |
Title from container. |
Cast |
Spencer Tracy, Deborah Kerr, Ian Hunter, Leueen MacGrath, James Donald, Mervyn Johns, Harriette Johns. |
Note |
Originally released as a motion picture in 1949. |
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Based one a play by Robert Morley and Noel Langley. |
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"This disc is expected to play back in DVD 'play only' devices, and may not play back in other DVD devices, including recorders and PC drives." |
Audience |
MPAA rating: Not rated. |
Summary |
Obsessed with the desire to give his only son the best of everything, a man destroys his whole world in this riveting drama. When the boy is five, his father commits arson to pay for a vital operation. This fateful step launches a rocket-like career of business success. In the process he ruins his partner, destroys his wife's love for him and then her will to live, and finally faces jail himself for what turns out to have been an empty dream. |
Credits |
Director, George Cukor. |
Language |
English audio. |
Subject |
Fathers and sons -- Drama.
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London (England) -- Drama.
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Fathers and sons. (OCoLC)fst00921899
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England -- London.
(OCoLC)fst01204271
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Genre/Form |
Feature films. (OCoLC)fst01710384
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Drama. (OCoLC)fst01423879
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Feature films.
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Classic films.
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Added Author |
Stewart, Donald Ogden, 1894-1980.
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Knopf, Edwin H., 1899-1981. Producer.
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Cukor, George, 1899-1983. Director.
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Tracy, Spencer, 1900-1967. Actor.
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Kerr, Deborah, 1921-2007. Actor.
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Hunter, Ian, 1900-1975. Actor.
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Morley, Robert.
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Langley, Noel, 1911-1980.
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Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer.
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Turner Entertainment Co.
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Warner Home Video (Firm)
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Note |
At head of title: MGM's |
Standard No. |
883316402689 |
Music No. |
10655453 |
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