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The great moment / Universal ; a Paramount Picture ; [produced by Buddy G. DeSylva and Preston Sturges] ; written and directed by Preston Sturges.
LIBRA DVD 013 068
Available from offsite location
- Format:
- Video
- Language:
- English
- French
- Spanish
- Subjects (All):
- Fülöp-Miller, René, 1891-1963--Film adaptations.
- Fülöp-Miller, René, 1891-1963.
- Morton, W. T. G. (William Thomas Green), 1819-1868.
- Discoveries in science.
- Ether.
- Morton, W. T. G. (William Thomas Green), 1819-1868--Drama.
- Ether--Drama.
- Discoveries in science--Drama.
- Genre:
- Film adaptations.
- Feature films.
- Biographical films.
- Comedy films.
- Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
- Drama.
- Video recordings.
- Physical Description:
- 1 videodisc (approximately 81 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in.
- monochrome
- Edition:
- Full frame.
- Place of Publication:
- Universal City, Calif. : Universal, 2006.
- Language Note:
- Optional subtitles in French or Spanish.
- English captioned for the hearing impaired.
- System Details:
- DVD ; Dolby digital 2.0 mono ; NTSC region 1.
- digital
- optical
- mono
- Dolby digital 2.0
- NTSC
- video file
- DVD video
- region 1
- Summary:
- "This stirring biopic follows the fascinating life of W.T.G. Morton (Joel McCrea), a 19th century dentist who successfully develops the first anesthesia"--Container. A departure from other Sturges films.
- Participant:
- Joel McCrea, Betty Field, Harry Carey, William Demarest, Louis Jean Heydt, Julian Tannen, Edwin Maxwell , Porter Hall, Franklin Pangborn, Grady Sutton, Donivee Lee.
- Credits:
- Director of photography, Victor Milner ; editor, Stuart Gilmore; music score, Victor Young.
- Notes:
- Issued in container with title: Preston Sturges, the filmmaker collection.
- Producer information from Internet Movie Database.
- Originally released as a motion picture in 1944.
- "A screenplay based on the book [Triumph over pain] by René Fülöp-Miller."
- Aspect ratio: 1.33:1.
- Special features: theatrical trailer.
- Contains:
- Preston Sturges, the filmmaker collection.
- ISBN:
- 1417024143
- 9781417024148
- OCLC:
- 76832254
- Publisher Number:
- 025193112620 (set)
- 31126 Universal (set)
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