Description |
1 DVD (235 min.) : sound, black and white and color ; 4 3/4 in. |
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optical |
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video file |
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DVD video |
Series |
Classic musicals ; disc 9
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Classic musicals ; disc 9.
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System Details |
DVD, double-sided. |
Note |
Soundies festival (49 min.) produced in the 1940s. Soundies cavalcade (33 min.) produced in the 1940s. Reaching for the moon (66 min.) produced in 1930. Mr. Imperium (87 min.) produced in 1951. |
Cast |
Soundies festival: Dusty Fletcher, Eddie Green, Ethel Waters. |
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Soundies cavalcade: Lena Horne, Teddy Wilson and his Orchestra, Dusty Fletcher. |
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Reaching for the moon: Douglas Fairbanks, Bebe Daniels, Edward Everett Horton. |
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Mr. Imperium: Lana Turner, Ezio Pinza, Debbie Reynolds, Marjorie Main, Barry Sullivan. |
Credits |
Reaching for the moon: story and music, Irving Berlin ; musical direction, Alfred Newman ; photography, Ray June and Robert Planck ; editors, Lloyd Nosler and Hal C. Kern. Mr. Imperium: music, Harold Arlen ; lyrics, Dorothy Fields ; musical direction, Johnny Green ; photography, George J. Folsey ; editors, George White, William Gulick. |
Audience |
Not rated. |
Summary |
Soundies festival: Three musical shorts, Mr. Atom's Bomb, Bubbling Over, Open the Door Richard. |
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Soundies cavalcade: Three musical shorts, Answer to open the door Richard, Murder in swing town, Boogie woogie dream. |
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Reaching for the moon: A businessman falls in love with a beautiful woman on an ocean liner. |
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Mr. Imperium: A beautiful singer/dancer turned actress and a playboy crown prince turned monarch secretly fall in love, only to face a succession of unfortunate events that challenge their relationship. |
Genre/Form |
Musical films.
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Musical films.
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Short films.
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Short films.
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Feature films.
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Feature films.
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Comedy films.
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Comedy films.
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Video recordings.
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Video recordings.
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Added Author |
Waters, Ethel, 1896-1977.
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Horne, Lena.
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Fletcher, Clinton Dusty.
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Green, Eddie, 1891-1950.
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Wilson, Teddy, 1912-1986.
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Goulding, Edmund, 1891-1959.
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Berlin, Irving, 1888-1989.
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Fairbanks, Douglas, 1883-1939.
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Daniels, Bebe, 1901-1971.
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Horton, Edward Everett.
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Hartman, Don, 1900-1958.
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Turner, Lana, 1921-1995.
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Pinza, Ezio.
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Reynolds, Debbie.
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Mill Creek Entertainment.
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Added Title |
Soundies cavalcade.
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Reaching for the moon.
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Mr. Imperium.
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Mr. Atom's bomb.
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Bubbling over.
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Open the door Richard.
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Answer to open the door Richard.
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Murder in swing town.
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Boogie-woogie dream.
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