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American madness / Columbia Pictures ; story and dialogue by Robert Riskin ; directed by Frank Capra.

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Format:
Video
Contributor:
Johnson, Kay, 1904-1975, actor.
O'Brien, Pat, 1899-1983, actor.
Huston, Walter, 1884-1950.
Cummings, Constance, 1910-2005, actor.
Riskin, Robert, screenwriter, film director, film producer.
Capra, Frank, 1897-1991.
Columbia Pictures, film production company.
Rosengarten Family Fund.
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment (Firm), publisher.
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
Banks and banking--Drama.
Banks and banking.
Genre:
Feature films.
Drama.
Melodramas (Motion pictures)
Physical Description:
1 videodisc (75 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in.
Place of Publication:
Culver City, Calif. : Distributed by Sony Pictures Home Entertainment, ©2011.
System Details:
DVD-R, NTSC, Region 1; full screen (1.37:1) presentation; monaural.
Summary:
Bank president Thomas Dickson battles his board of directors in order to keep making loans to his hard-pressed clientele. When dire circumstances threaten the bank's solvency, chief teller Matt Brown and his fiancee rally around the boss, but will it be too little too late?
Participant:
Kay Johnson, Pat O'Brien, Walter Huston, Constance Cummings.
Notes:
Title from container.
Originally released as a motion picture in 1932.
Academy Awards (1934): Best picture, Director, Actor (Gable), Actress (Colbert), Screenplay.
Local Notes:
Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Rosengarten Family Fund.
OCLC:
758517929
Publisher Number:
043396388895
38889 Sony Pictures Home Entertainment

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