The Resource Helen of Troy, Warner Bros ; directed by Robert Wise ; screenplay, John Twist and Hugh Gray ; adaptation by Hugh Gray and N. Richard Nash

Helen of Troy, Warner Bros ; directed by Robert Wise ; screenplay, John Twist and Hugh Gray ; adaptation by Hugh Gray and N. Richard Nash

Label
Helen of Troy
Title
Helen of Troy
Statement of responsibility
Warner Bros ; directed by Robert Wise ; screenplay, John Twist and Hugh Gray ; adaptation by Hugh Gray and N. Richard Nash
Contributor
Subject
Genre
Language
  • eng
  • eng
  • chi
  • ind
  • eng
Summary
The story of two empires at war, with one woman the center of it all. To defeat the undefeatable ultimately requires brains as much as brawn. So the Greeks, feigning withdrawal, offer a gift of treachery: a mammoth wooden horse that secretly houses their fighting men
Cataloging source
FWR
Characteristic
videorecording
Credits note
Director of photography, Harry Stadling; music, Max Steiner; costumes, Roger Furse
Language note
In English with optional subtitles in English, Chinese and Indonesian
PerformerNote
Rossana Podesta, Jack Sernas, Sir Cedric Hardwicke, Stanley Baker, Niall MacGinnis, Robert Douglas, Torin Thatcher, Nora Swinburne, Harry Andrews, Janette Scott, Brigitte Bardot
http://library.link/vocab/relatedWorkOrContributorDate
  • 1914-2005
  • 1898-1976
  • 1900-1981
  • 1934-2013
  • 1925-2015
  • 1893-1964
  • 1928-1976
  • 1888-1971
http://library.link/vocab/relatedWorkOrContributorName
  • Wise, Robert
  • Twist, John
  • Gray, Hugh
  • Nash, N. Richard
  • Podestà, Rossana
  • Sernas, Jacques
  • Hardwicke, Cedric
  • Baker, Stanley
  • Bardot, Brigitte
  • Steiner, Max
  • Homer
  • Warner Bros. Pictures (1923-1967)
  • Evervision Corp
Runtime
141
http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
  • Helen
  • Mythology, Greek
Technique
live action
Label
Helen of Troy, Warner Bros ; directed by Robert Wise ; screenplay, John Twist and Hugh Gray ; adaptation by Hugh Gray and N. Richard Nash
Instantiates
Publication
Note
  • Inspired by Homer's The Iliad
  • DVD release of the motion picture released in 1956
  • Special features include: scene selections
Carrier category
videodisc
Carrier category code
  • vd
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Color
multicolored
Configuration of playback channels
stereophonic
Content category
two-dimensional moving image
Content type code
  • tdi
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
Control code
54448940
Dimensions
4 3/4 in
Dimensions
other
Extent
1 videodisc (141 min.)
Form of item
microfiche
Media category
video
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • v
Medium for sound
videodisc
Note
Bowdoin stacks copy: NO Public Performance Rights purchased; home or classroom use ONLY
Other control number
4713733654254
Other physical details
sound, color
Publisher number
EDVD 6542
Sound on medium or separate
sound on medium
Specific material designation
videodisc
System details
DVD format ; Dolby digital ; letterbox format
Video recording format
DVD
Label
Helen of Troy, Warner Bros ; directed by Robert Wise ; screenplay, John Twist and Hugh Gray ; adaptation by Hugh Gray and N. Richard Nash
Publication
Note
  • Inspired by Homer's The Iliad
  • DVD release of the motion picture released in 1956
  • Special features include: scene selections
Carrier category
videodisc
Carrier category code
  • vd
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Color
multicolored
Configuration of playback channels
stereophonic
Content category
two-dimensional moving image
Content type code
  • tdi
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
Control code
54448940
Dimensions
4 3/4 in
Dimensions
other
Extent
1 videodisc (141 min.)
Form of item
microfiche
Media category
video
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • v
Medium for sound
videodisc
Note
Bowdoin stacks copy: NO Public Performance Rights purchased; home or classroom use ONLY
Other control number
4713733654254
Other physical details
sound, color
Publisher number
EDVD 6542
Sound on medium or separate
sound on medium
Specific material designation
videodisc
System details
DVD format ; Dolby digital ; letterbox format
Video recording format
DVD

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