The Resource Frank Capra : the early collection

Frank Capra : the early collection

Label
Frank Capra : the early collection
Title
Frank Capra
Title remainder
the early collection
Contributor
Actor
Director
Producer
Screenwriter
Subject
Genre
Language
eng
Summary
  • Ladies of leisure: During the flapper era, a young woman tries to ensnare her confirmed bachelor beau. Meanwhile, her brother falls for a woman with a dark past
  • Rain or shine: A young woman inherits her father's financially troubled circus
  • Miracle woman: Based loosely on the life of famed evangelist Aimee Semple McPherson. After Florence Fallon's father is fired from the church where he preached for many years, she becomes embittered and loses faith. She teams up with Horsby, a con man, and begins faking miracles for profit. The love and trust of a blind man restores her faith in God and her fellow man
  • Forbidden: Tells the story of an adulterous affair between a librarian Barbara Stanwyck and a wealthy married man
  • The bitter tea of General Yen: A tragic tale of a Chinese warlord's unrequited love for an American missionary, set during China's Civil War
Member of
Cataloging source
MNN
Characteristic
videorecording
http://bibfra.me/vocab/lite/collectionName
  • Ladies of leisure (Motion picture : 1930)
  • Rain or shine (Motion picture : 1930)
  • Miracle woman (Motion picture : 1931)
  • Forbidden (Motion picture : 1932)
  • Bitter tea of General Yen (Motion picture : 1933)
Credits note
  • Ladies of leisure: adapted by Jo Swerling ; director of photography, Joseph Walker ; editor, Maurice Wright ; musical director, Bakaleinikoff
  • Rain or shine: director of photography, Joe Walker ; editor, Maurice Wright ; musical director, Bakaleinikoff
  • The miracle woman: director of photography, Joseph Walker ; editor, Maurice Wright
  • Forbidden: director of photography, Joseph Walker ; editor, Maurice Wright
PerformerNote
  • Ladies of leisure: Barbara Stanwyck, Ralph Graves, Lowell Sherman, Marie Prevost
  • Rain or shine: Joe Cook, Louise Fazenda, Joan Peers, William Collier, Jr., Tom Howard
  • The miracle woman: Barbara Stanwyck, David Manners, Sam Hardy
  • Forbidden: Barbara Stanwyck, Adolphe Menjou, Ralph Bellamy
  • The bitter tea of General Yen : Barbara Stanwyck, Nils Asther, Toshia Mori
http://library.link/vocab/relatedWorkOrContributorDate
  • 1897-1991,
  • 1891-1958,
  • 1897-1964,
  • 1899-1971,
  • 1907-1990,
  • 1900-1977,
  • 1888-1934,
  • 1887-1959,
  • 1895-1962,
  • 1909-1975,
  • 1901-1998,
  • 1883-1935,
  • 1890-1963,
  • 1904-1991,
  • 1897-1981,
  • 1912-1995,
  • 1954-
  • 1886-1959
  • -1952
  • 1890-1954
  • 1891-1991
http://library.link/vocab/relatedWorkOrContributorName
  • Capra, Frank
  • Cohn, Harry
  • Swerling, Jo
  • Howell, Dorothy
  • Paramore, Edward E.
  • Stanwyck, Barbara
  • Graves, Ralph
  • Sherman, Lowell
  • Cook, Joe
  • Fazenda, Louise
  • Peers, Joan
  • Manners, David
  • Hardy, Sam
  • Menjou, Adolphe
  • Bellamy, Ralph
  • Asther, Nils
  • Mori, Toshia
  • Arnold, Jeremy
  • Gondry, Michel
  • Basinger, Jeanine
  • Scorsese, Martin
  • Howard, Ron
  • Gropper, Milton Herbert
  • Gleason, James
  • Marks, Maurice
  • Meehan, John
  • Riskin, Robert
  • Stone, Grace Zaring
  • Columbia Pictures Corporation
  • Sony Pictures Home Entertainment (Firm)
Runtime
450
http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
  • Revolution (China : 1911-1912)
  • Man-woman relationships
  • Prostitutes
  • Painters
  • Models (Persons)
  • Circus owners
  • Circus
  • Spiritual healing
  • Swindlers and swindling
  • Librarians
  • Unmarried mothers
  • Adultery
  • Missionaries
  • China
  • Interracial dating
  • Unrequited love
  • Adultery
  • Circus
  • Circus owners
  • Interracial dating
  • Librarians
  • Man-woman relationships
  • Missionaries
  • Models (Persons)
  • Painters
  • Prostitutes
  • Spiritual healing
  • Swindlers and swindling
  • Unmarried mothers
  • Unrequited love
  • China
  • China
  • New York (State)
Technique
live action
Label
Frank Capra : the early collection
Instantiates
Publication
Copyright
Note
  • Title from box
  • Ladies of leisure based on the play by Milton Herbert Gropper ; Rain or Shine based on the play by James Gleason, Maurice Marks ; Miracle woman based on the play Bless you sister by John Meehan and Robert Riskin ; The bitter tea of General Yen based on the novel by Grace Zaring Stone
  • Bonus features for Ladies of leisure: audio commentary by film historian Jeremy Arnold, stills, lobby card, TCMDb article, Frank Capra biography
  • Bonus features for Rain or shine: Michel Gondry on Rain or Shine, stills, posters and lobby cards, TCMDb article, international version
  • Bonus features for Miracle woman: Ron Howard on The miracle woman, stills, photographs, lobby cards, TCMDb article
  • Bonus features for Forbidden: audio commentary by film historian Jeanine Basinger, stills, photographs, posters, lobby cards, TCMDb article
  • Bonus features for Bitter tea of General Yen: Defining Capra's early style with Martin Scorsese and Ron Howard, stills, posters, lobby cards, TCMDb article, a behind-the-scene production short
Carrier category
videodisc
Carrier category code
  • vd
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Color
black and white
Configuration of playback channels
stereophonic
Content category
two-dimensional moving image
Content type code
  • tdi
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
Contents
  • Disc 3.
  • Miracle woman
  • Columbia Pictures Corporation presents ; a Frank R. Capra production ; produced by Harry Cohn ; screen play and dialogue by Jo Swerling ; director, Frank Capra
  • (90 min.)
  • Disc 4.
  • Forbidden
  • Columbia Pictures Corporation ; a Frank R. Capra Production ; produced by Harr Cohn ; story by Frank Capra ; adaptation and dialogue, Jo Swerling ; directed by Frank R. Capra
  • (85 min.)
  • Disc 5.
  • Bitter tea of General Yen
  • Disc 1.
  • a Columbia production ; Columbia Pictures Corporation presents ; a Frank Capra production ; screen play, Edward Paramore ; directed by Frank R. Capra
  • (87 min.)
  • Ladies of leisure
  • Columbia Pictures Corporation presents ; produced by Harry Cohn ; directed by Frank R. Capra
  • (100 min.)
  • Disc 2.
  • Rain or shine
  • Columbia Pictures Corporation presents ; produced by Harry Cohn ; dialogue and continuity, Jo Swerling and Dorothy Howell ; directed by Frank Capra
  • (88 min.)
Control code
813843877
Dimensions
4 3/4 in
Dimensions
  • 4 3/4
  • other
Extent
5 videodiscs (approximately 450 min.)
Media category
video
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • v
Medium for sound
videodisc
Note
  • Colby: No Public Performance Rights purchased; for home or classroom use only
  • Bowdoin College: NO Public Performance Rights purchased; home, library or classroom use ONLY
  • Bowdoin College: Bart & Greg's DVD Explosion accession I.D. number: exp43173, exp43174, exp43175, exp43176, exp43177
Other control number
609224114717
Other physical details
sound, black and white
Sound on medium or separate
sound on medium
Specific material designation
videodisc
System control number
(OCoLC)813843877
System details
DVD; NTSC; region 1; fullscreen (1.33:1 aspect ratio); Dolby digital 2.0 mono; restored and remastered
Video recording format
DVD
Label
Frank Capra : the early collection
Publication
Copyright
Note
  • Title from box
  • Ladies of leisure based on the play by Milton Herbert Gropper ; Rain or Shine based on the play by James Gleason, Maurice Marks ; Miracle woman based on the play Bless you sister by John Meehan and Robert Riskin ; The bitter tea of General Yen based on the novel by Grace Zaring Stone
  • Bonus features for Ladies of leisure: audio commentary by film historian Jeremy Arnold, stills, lobby card, TCMDb article, Frank Capra biography
  • Bonus features for Rain or shine: Michel Gondry on Rain or Shine, stills, posters and lobby cards, TCMDb article, international version
  • Bonus features for Miracle woman: Ron Howard on The miracle woman, stills, photographs, lobby cards, TCMDb article
  • Bonus features for Forbidden: audio commentary by film historian Jeanine Basinger, stills, photographs, posters, lobby cards, TCMDb article
  • Bonus features for Bitter tea of General Yen: Defining Capra's early style with Martin Scorsese and Ron Howard, stills, posters, lobby cards, TCMDb article, a behind-the-scene production short
Carrier category
videodisc
Carrier category code
  • vd
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Color
black and white
Configuration of playback channels
stereophonic
Content category
two-dimensional moving image
Content type code
  • tdi
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
Contents
  • Disc 3.
  • Miracle woman
  • Columbia Pictures Corporation presents ; a Frank R. Capra production ; produced by Harry Cohn ; screen play and dialogue by Jo Swerling ; director, Frank Capra
  • (90 min.)
  • Disc 4.
  • Forbidden
  • Columbia Pictures Corporation ; a Frank R. Capra Production ; produced by Harr Cohn ; story by Frank Capra ; adaptation and dialogue, Jo Swerling ; directed by Frank R. Capra
  • (85 min.)
  • Disc 5.
  • Bitter tea of General Yen
  • Disc 1.
  • a Columbia production ; Columbia Pictures Corporation presents ; a Frank Capra production ; screen play, Edward Paramore ; directed by Frank R. Capra
  • (87 min.)
  • Ladies of leisure
  • Columbia Pictures Corporation presents ; produced by Harry Cohn ; directed by Frank R. Capra
  • (100 min.)
  • Disc 2.
  • Rain or shine
  • Columbia Pictures Corporation presents ; produced by Harry Cohn ; dialogue and continuity, Jo Swerling and Dorothy Howell ; directed by Frank Capra
  • (88 min.)
Control code
813843877
Dimensions
4 3/4 in
Dimensions
  • 4 3/4
  • other
Extent
5 videodiscs (approximately 450 min.)
Media category
video
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • v
Medium for sound
videodisc
Note
  • Colby: No Public Performance Rights purchased; for home or classroom use only
  • Bowdoin College: NO Public Performance Rights purchased; home, library or classroom use ONLY
  • Bowdoin College: Bart & Greg's DVD Explosion accession I.D. number: exp43173, exp43174, exp43175, exp43176, exp43177
Other control number
609224114717
Other physical details
sound, black and white
Sound on medium or separate
sound on medium
Specific material designation
videodisc
System control number
(OCoLC)813843877
System details
DVD; NTSC; region 1; fullscreen (1.33:1 aspect ratio); Dolby digital 2.0 mono; restored and remastered
Video recording format
DVD

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