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Alexander's ragtime band / Twentieth Century Fox Film Corp. ; producer, Darryl F. Zanuck ; writers, Kathryn Scola, Richard Sherman, Lamar Trotti ; directed by Henry King.

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Format:
Video
Contributor:
King, Henry, 1886-1982, director.
Zanuck, Darryl Francis, 1902-1979, producer.
Scola, Kathryn, screenwriter.
Sherman, Richard, 1905-1962, screenwriter.
Trotti, Lamar, 1900-1952, screenwriter.
Power, Tyrone, 1914-1958, actor.
Faye, Alice, 1915-1998, actor.
Ameche, Don, actor.
Merman, Ethel, actor.
Haley, Jack, 1897-1979, actor.
Hersholt, Jean, 1886-1956, actor.
Westley, Helen, 1875 or 1879-1942, actor.
Berlin, Irving, 1888-1989, composer.
Newman, Alfred, 1901-1970, composer.
Powell, E. B., composer.
Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corporation, producer.
Harvey Sheldon Jewish American Music Video Research Library (University of Pennsylvania)
Language:
English
Spanish
Subjects (All):
Ragtime music--Drama.
Ragtime music.
Bands (Music)--Drama.
Bands (Music).
Man-woman relationships--Drama.
Man-woman relationships.
Genre:
Drama.
Feature films.
Musicals.
Video recordings.
Penn Provenance:
Sheldon, Harvey (donor)
Physical Description:
1 videodisc (approximately 105 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in.
monochrome
Place of Publication:
[Place of publication not identified] : [publisher not identified], [between 2000 and 2009]
System Details:
DVD-R.
digital
optical
video file
DVD video
Summary:
Roger and his friend Charlie audition at a saloon in San Francisco's Barbary Coast. The number "Alexander's ragtime band" proves to be a sensation. Charlie soon falls in love with Stella who is the singer of the band. When Roger returns from World War I, he meets Stella and learns she and Charlie have married.
Participant:
Tyrone Power, Alice Faye, Don Ameche, Ethel Merman, Jack Haley, Jean Hersholt, Helen Westley.
Credits:
Director of photography, J. Peverell Marley ; art directors, Bernard Herzbrun, Boris Leven ; editor, Barbara McLean ; music, Irving Berlin, Alfred Newman, E.B. Powell ; costume designer, Gwen Wakeling.
Notes:
Special features: theatrical trailer.
Motion picture originally released in 1938.
Local Notes:
Presented to the Penn Libraries by Harvey Sheldon.

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