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Charley's aunt / Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corporation ; produced by William Perlberg ; screen play by George Seaton ; directed by Archie Mayo.
LIBRA DVD PR5649.T5 C52 2007
Available from offsite location
- Format:
- Video
- Series:
- Cinema classics collection
- Standardized Title:
- Charley's aunt (Motion picture : 1941)
- Language:
- English
- French
- Spanish
- Subjects (All):
- Thomas, Brandon, 1848-1914--Film adaptations.
- Thomas, Brandon.
- Thomas, Brandon, 1848-1914.
- Female impersonators--United States--Drama.
- Female impersonators.
- Students--United States--Drama.
- Students.
- Man-woman relationships--United States--Drama.
- Man-woman relationships.
- Nieces--United States--Drama.
- Nieces.
- Uncles--United States--Drama.
- Uncles.
- United States.
- Genre:
- College life films.
- Comedy films.
- Drama.
- Feature films.
- Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
- Video recordings for hard of hearing people.
- Film adaptations.
- Video recordings.
- Physical Description:
- 1 videodisc (80 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in.
- monochrome
- Place of Publication:
- Beverly Hills, Calif. : 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment, [2007]
- Language Note:
- In English; optional subtitles in English, French or Spanish.
- Closed-captioned for the hearing impaired
- System Details:
- DVD, NTSC, Region 1; full screen (1.33:1 aspect ratio) presentation; Dolby Digital stereo., Dolby Digital mono.
- digital
- optical
- mixed
- Dolby
- NTSC
- video file
- DVD video
- region 1
- Summary:
- Charley and Jack pressure fellow student Fancourt to pose as Charley's Brazilian Aunt. Their purpose is to have a chaperone for their amorous visits with Amy and Kitty, niece and ward of crusty Stephen Spettigue. Complications begin when Fancourt, in drag, becomes the love object of old Spettigue and Sir Francis Chesney.
- Participant:
- Jack Benny, Kay Francis, James Ellison, Anne Baxter, Edmund Gwenn, Reginald Owen, Laird Cregar, Arleen Whelan, Richard Haydn.
- Credits:
- Director of photography, J. Peverell Marley ; art directors, Richard Day, Nathan Juran ; editor, Robert Bischoff ; music, Alfred Newman ; costume designer, Travis Banton.
- Notes:
- Title from container.
- Based on Charley's aunt / by Brandon Thomas.
- Originally released as a motion picture in 1941.
- Special features: commentary with film historian Randy Skredvedt; Three of a kind (a promotional short); stills gallery.
- OCLC:
- 124070507
- Publisher Number:
- 024543440642
- 00024543440642
- 2244064 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
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