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Applause / Universal ; Paramount picture ; Kino International Corp. ; adapted by Garrett Fort ; producer, Monta Bell ; directed by Rouben Mamoulian.
LIBRA DVD 012 025 disc+ booklet
Available from offsite location
- Format:
- Video
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Brown, Beth--Film adaptations.
- Brown, Beth.
- Brown, Beth, active 1927-1971.
- Burlesque (Theater)--Drama.
- Burlesque (Theater).
- Vaudeville--Drama.
- Vaudeville.
- Mothers and daughters--Drama.
- Mothers and daughters.
- Genre:
- Drama.
- Feature films.
- Film adaptations.
- Video recordings.
- Physical Description:
- 1 videodisc (79 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in. + booklet ([4] pages ; 19 cm)
- monochrome
- Edition:
- Full screen.
- Place of Publication:
- New York, NY : Kino on Video, [2003]
- System Details:
- DVD - NTSC.
- digital
- optical
- NTSC
- video file
- DVD video
- Summary:
- A dance hall girl sacrifices all so that her daughter can have a happy and respectable life. Ultimately, her daughter is forced to make an equally great sacrifice for her mother. The film was one of the first to liberate the camera from its soundproof booth, shoot live on location, and use superimposed soundtracks.
- Participant:
- Helen Morgan, Joan Peers, Fuller Mellish, Jr., Jack Cameron, Henry Wadsworth.
- Credits:
- Photographer, George Folsey ; editor, John Bassler.
- Notes:
- Based on the novel by Beth Brown.
- Originally released as a motion picture in 1930.
- Aspect ratio 1:33:1.
- Special features: expert from the Paramount musical Glorifing the American girl (1929), featuring Helen Morgan ; newsreel expert of Helen Morgan singing "What wouldn't I do for that man" ; filmed interview with Rouben Momoulian ; gallery of photographs and promotional materials ; excerpt from Brown's novel; excerpts from the 1929 censorship files.
- OCLC:
- 54025729
- Publisher Number:
- 738329032326
- 0323 Kino on Video
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