Silver screen icons. Bette Davis
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Tinley Park Public Library - 1st FloorMOVIES SILVEROn Shelf

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Subjects

LC Subjects
Authors -- Drama.
Brain -- Tumors -- Drama.
Drama.
Families -- Drama.
Female friendship -- Drama.
Film adaptations.
Friendship -- Drama.
Governesses -- Drama.
Louisiana -- Drama.
Man-woman relationships -- Drama.
Romance films.
Socialites -- Drama.
Video recordings.
Women -- Southern States -- Drama.

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Published
Burbank, CA : Warner Bros. Home Entertainment, 2017.
Format
DVD
Physical Desc
2 videodiscs (461 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
UPC
883929608607

Notes

General Note
"Jezebel" was originally released as a motion picture in 1938 ; "Dark victory" was originally released as a motion picture in 1939 ; "All this, and heaven too" was originally released as a motion picture in 1940 ; "Old acquaintance" was originally released as a motion picture in 1943.
General Note
Closed captioned for the hearing impaired.
General Note
Order of films on container differs from discs.
General Note
"Dark victory": based on the play by George Emmerson Brewer, Jr. and Bertram Bloch.
General Note
"Old acquaintance": based on the stage play by John Van Druten.
General Note
"Jezebel": based on the play by Owen Davis, Sr.
Creation/Production Credits
"Jezebel": director of photography, Ernest Haller ; editor, Warren Low ; music, Max Steiner -- "Dark victory": director of photography, Ernest Haller ; editor, William Holmes ; music, Max Steiner -- "All this, and heaven too": director of photography, Ernest Haller ; editor, Warren Low ; music, Max Steiner -- "Old acquaintance": director of photography, Sol Polito ; editor, Terry O. Morse ; music, Franz Waxman.
Participants/Performers
"Jezebel": Bette Davis, Henry Fonda, George Brent ; "Dark victory": Bette Davis, George Brent, Humphrey Bogart ; "All this, and heaven too": Bette Davis, Charles Boyer, Jeffrey Lynn ; "Old acquaintance": Bette Davis, Miriam Hopkins, Gig Young.
Description
"Jezebel": In 1850s Louisiana, a free-spirited Southern belle loses her fiancé due to her stubborn vanity and pride, and vows to win him back. "Dark victory": A young socialite is diagnosed with an inoperable brain tumor, and must decide whether or not she'll meet her final days with dignity. "All this, and heaven too": A duchess' irrational behavior toward the governess of her children triggers tragic events that will change her family's lives forever. "Old acquaintance": Old friends Kit Marlowe and Millie Drake adopt contrasting lifestyles: Kit is a single, critically acclaimed author while married Millie writes popular pulp novels.
Target Audience
Not rated.
System Details
DVD, Dolby digital.
Language
"Jezebel," "Dark victory," "Old acquaintance": in English with optional subtitles in Spanish; "All this, and heaven too": in English.
Local note
DVD

Citations

APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)

Wiman, D. D., Goulding, E., Sherman, V., Wyler, W., Litvak, A., Robinson, C., Van Druten, J., Coffee, L., Ripley, C., Finkel, A., Huston, J., Davis, B., Fonda, H., Brent, G., Bogart, H., Boyer, C., Lynn, J., Hopkins, M., Young, G., Haller, E., Polito, S., Low, W., Holmes, W., Morse, T., Steiner, M., Waxman, F., Brewer, G., Bloch, B., & Davis, O. (2017). Silver screen icons (Fullscreen version.). Warner Bros. Home Entertainment.

Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)

Dwight Deere Wiman et al.. 2017. Silver Screen Icons. Burbank, CA: Warner Bros. Home Entertainment.

Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)

Dwight Deere Wiman et al.. Silver Screen Icons Burbank, CA: Warner Bros. Home Entertainment, 2017.

Harvard Citation (style guide)

Wiman, D. D., Goulding, E., Sherman, V., Wyler, W., Litvak, A., Robinson, C. and Van Druten, J. et al (2017). Silver screen icons. Fullscreen version. Burbank, CA: Warner Bros. Home Entertainment.

MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)

Wiman, Dwight Deere, et al. Silver Screen Icons Fullscreen version., Warner Bros. Home Entertainment, 2017.

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