Greatest classic films collection
(DVD)
Contributors
Format
DVD
ISBN
1419876910, 9781419876912
Physical Desc
2 videodiscs (464 min.) : sound, color and black and white ; 4 3/4 in.
Status
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Copies
| Location | Call Number | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Rothschild - MCPL - Adult DVD | DVD GRE | Available |
| Thorp - Adult DVD | A DVD CLA | Available |
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Subjects
LC Subjects
Americans -- France -- Paris -- Drama.
Artists -- France -- Paris -- Drama.
Bars (Drinking establishments) -- Morocco -- Casablanca -- Drama.
Expatriate painters -- France -- Paris -- Drama.
Feature films.
French language materials.
Man-woman relationships -- Drama.
Mistresses -- Drama.
Mistresses -- France -- Paris -- Drama.
Musical films.
Rich people -- France -- Paris -- Drama.
Romance films.
Roses -- Breeding -- England -- Drama.
Spanish language materials.
Triangles (Interpersonal relations) -- Drama.
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
War films.
World War, 1939-1945 -- England -- Drama.
World War, 1939-1945 -- Great Britain -- Drama.
World War, 1939-1945 -- Morocco -- Casablanca -- Drama.
World War, 1939-1945 -- Underground movements -- Africa, North -- Drama.
Artists -- France -- Paris -- Drama.
Bars (Drinking establishments) -- Morocco -- Casablanca -- Drama.
Expatriate painters -- France -- Paris -- Drama.
Feature films.
French language materials.
Man-woman relationships -- Drama.
Mistresses -- Drama.
Mistresses -- France -- Paris -- Drama.
Musical films.
Rich people -- France -- Paris -- Drama.
Romance films.
Roses -- Breeding -- England -- Drama.
Spanish language materials.
Triangles (Interpersonal relations) -- Drama.
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
War films.
World War, 1939-1945 -- England -- Drama.
World War, 1939-1945 -- Great Britain -- Drama.
World War, 1939-1945 -- Morocco -- Casablanca -- Drama.
World War, 1939-1945 -- Underground movements -- Africa, North -- Drama.
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Language
English
ISBN
1419876910, 9781419876912
UPC
883929049677
Notes
General Note
Title from container.
General Note
Casablanca is based on the play by Murray Burnett and Joan Alison.
General Note
Mrs. Miniver is based on the book by Jan Struther.
General Note
Gigi is based on the novel by Colette.
General Note
Special features: Disc 1, Side A: 2 commentaries with critic Roger Ebert and historian Rudy Behlmer; introduction by Lauren Bacall. Side B: Greer Garson Academy Awards footage; photo gallery; 2 World War II-era shorts: "Mr. Blabbermouth" and "For the common defense."
General Note
Special features: Disc 2, Side A: Commentary by historian Jeanine Basinger with Leslie Caron; vintage short "The million dollar nickel;" classic CinemaScope cartoon "The vanishing duck;" theatrial trailer. Side B: Commentary hosted by Patricia Ward Kelly and featuring rare interviews with Gene Kelly, Vincente Minnelli, Arthur Freed, Alan Jay Lerner, Johnny Green, Saul Chaplin, Michael Feinstein, Preston Ames and Irene Sharaff, and new observations by Leslie Caron and Nina Foch; vintage FitzPatrick Traveltalks short "Paris on parade;" classic cartoon "Symphony in slang;" theatrical trailer.
Creation/Production Credits
Casablanca: Music, Max Steiner.
Creation/Production Credits
Mrs. Miniver: Music, Herbert Stothart.
Creation/Production Credits
Gigi: Music, Frederick Loewe.
Creation/Production Credits
An American in Paris: Music, George Gershwin ; lyrics, Ira Gershwin.
Participants/Performers
Casablanca cast: Humphrey Bogard, Ingrid Bergman, Paul Henreid, Claude Rains. Conrad Veidt, Sydney Greenstreet, Peter Lorre.
Participants/Performers
Mrs. Miniver cast: Greer Garson, Walter Pidgeon, Teresa Wright, Dame May Whitty, Reginald Owen, Henry Travers, Richard Ney, Henry Wilcoxon.
Participants/Performers
Gigi cast: Leslie Caron, Maurice Chevalier, Louis Jourdan, Hermoine Gingold, Eva Gabor, Jacques Bergerac, Isabel Jeans.
Participants/Performers
An American in Paris cast: Gene Kelly, Leslie Caron, Oscar Levant, Georges Güеetary, Nina Foch.
Description
[Disc 1]: Casablanca: Casablanca, WWII. Rick Blaine is an exiled American who owns the most popular nightclub in town, Rick's cafe. He comes to have possession of two valuable letters that German couriers were killed trying to deliver to the German high command. Ilsa Lund re-enters Rick's life to purchase the letters he has obtained. Mrs. Miniver: The Miniver's are an English 'middle-class' family who, together, experience life in the first months of World War II. While dodging bombs. The Miniver's son beings courting Lady Beldon's granddaughter. A rose is named after Mrs. Miniver and it is entered into a competition where her rose will go up against Lady Beldon's rose.
Description
[Disc 2]: Gigi: Gaston is the scion of a wealthy Parisian family who finds emotional refuge from the superficial lifestyle of upper class Parisian 1900s society with the former mistress of his uncle and her outgoing, tomboy granddaughter, Gigi. When Gaston becomes aware that Gigi has matured into a woman, her grandmother and aunt, who have educated Gigi to be a wealthy man's mistress, request he become her provider. An American in Paris: Jerry Mulligan is a struggling American painter in Paris who is 'discovered' by an influential heiress. She just happens to an interested in more than Jerry's art. Jerry in turn falls for Lise, a young French girl already engaged to a cabaret singer. His relationshp with Lise is filled with romantic complications.
System Details
DVD, region 1, full screen (1.33:1) or widescreen (letterbox, enchanced); Dolby Digital 5.1 surround, Dolby Digital mono., dual-layer.
Language
Casablanca: English (Dolby mono.) or dubbed French (Dolby mono.) dialogue, English, French or Spanish subtitles; English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing.
Language
Mrs. Miniver: English (Dolby mono.) or dubbed French (Dolby mono.) dialogue, English, French or Spanish subtitles; English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing.
Language
Gigi: English (Dolby 5.1) or dubbed French (Dolby mono.) dialogue, English, French or Japanese subtitles; English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing.
Language
An American in Paris: English (Dolby mono.) or dubbed French (Dolby mono.) dialogue, English, French, Japanese or Thai subtitles; English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing.
Citations
APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)
Bogart, H., Bergman, I., Henreid, P., Rains, C., Veidt, C., Greenstreet, S., Lorre, P., Garson, G., Pidgeon, W., Wright, T., Whitty, M., Owen, R., Travers, H., Ney, R., Wilcoxon, H., Caron, L., Chevalier, M., Jourdan, L., Gingold, H., G̈еabor, E., Bergerac, J., Jeans, I., Kelly, G., Levant, O., Güеetary, G., Foch, N., Burnett, M., Alison, J., Struther, J., Colette., Wallis, H. B., Epstein, J. J., Epstein, P. G., Koch, H., Curtiz, M., Franklin, S. A., Wimperis, A., Froeschel, G., Hilton, J., West, C., Wyler, W., Freed, A., Lerner, A. J., Minnelli, V., Steiner, M., Stothart, H., Loewe, F., Gershwin, I., & Gershwin, G. Greatest classic films collection .
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Humphrey Bogart et al.. Greatest Classic Films Collection. .
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Humphrey Bogart et al.. Greatest Classic Films Collection .
MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)Bogart, Humphrey, et al. Greatest Classic Films Collection
Note! Citations contain only title, author, edition, publisher, and year published. Citations should be used as a guideline and should be double checked for accuracy. Citation formats are based on standards as of August 2021.
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