The bachelor father / Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer presents ; a Robert Z. Leonard production ; screenplay, Laurence E. Johnson ; a Marion Davies production.

Format:

• Video

Contributor:

• Leonard, Robert Z., 1889-1968, producer, director.
• Johnson, Larry E. (Larry Edward), 1869-1933, screenwriter.
• Davies, Marion, 1897-1961, actor.
• Forbes, Ralph, 1904-1951, actor.
• Smith, C. Aubrey (Charles Aubrey), 1863-1948, actor.
• Milland, Ray, actor.
• Williams, Big Boy, 1900-1962, actor.
• Carpenter, Edward Childs, 1872-1950.
• Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, producer.
• Turner Entertainment Co., producer.
• Warner Bros. Entertainment, producer.
• Warner Home Video (Firm), distributor.
• Lisa Beth Deutsch Memorial Book Fund.

Series:

• Archive collection
• WB Archive collection

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

• Illegitimate children--Great Britain--Drama.
• Adult children--Great Britain--Drama.
• Aristocracy (Social class)--Great Britain--Drama.
• Fathers--Great Britain--Drama.
• Adult children.
• Aristocracy (Social class).
• Fathers.
• Illegitimate children.
• Great Britain.

Genre:

• Film adaptations.
• Comedy films.
• Feature films.
• Drama.
• Fiction films.
• Video recordings.

Physical Description:

• 1 videodisc (90 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in.
• monochrome

Place of Publication:

[Calif.] : Turner Entertainment Co. ; Burbank CA : Warner Bros. Entertainment : Distributed by Warner Home Video, [2011]

System Details:

• DVD-R (Mod disc), all regions; NTSC; Dolby digital 2.0 remastered from a mono. soundtrack.
• digital
• optical
• stereo
• Dolby digital 2.0
• NTSC
• video file
• DVD video
• all regions

Summary:

A lonely old British aristocrat is lonely, so invites his illegitimate children to live with him.

Participant:

Marion Davies; Ralph Forbes ; C. Aubrey Smith ; Ray Milland ; Guinn Williams ; David Torrence ; Doris Lloyd ; Edgar Norton ; Nena Quartaro ; Halliwell Hobbes ; Elizabeth Murray ; James Gordon.

Credits:

Photography, Oliver T. Marsh; art director, Cedric Gibbons; film editor, Harry Reynolds; gowns, Adrian; recording director, Douglas Shearer.

Notes:

• 1:33:1 aspect ratio.
• Adaptation of Edward Childs Carpenter's stage play.
• Originally produced as a motion picture in 1930 and released in 1931.
• "This disc is expected to play back in DVD video "play only" devices, and may not play back in other DVD devices, including recorders and PC drives."

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Lisa Beth Deutsch Memorial Book Fund.

Related Work:

Carpenter, Edward Childs, 1872-1950. Bachelor father.

OCLC:

709716365

Publisher Number:

883316287958

Online:

The Lisa Beth Deutsch Memorial Book Fund Home Page