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Band of angels / Warner Bros. Pictures presents ; a Warner Bros.-First National picture ; screen play by John Twist and Ivan Goff & Ben Roberts ; directed by Raoul Walsh.
Van Pelt - Video Collection (ask at Circulation Desk) DVD 036 294
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- Format:
- Video
- Author/Creator:
- Motion picture adaptation of (work): Warren, Robert Penn, 1905-1989, Band of angels., author.
- Standardized Title:
- Band of angels (Motion picture)
- Language:
- English
- French
- Subjects (All):
- Warren, Robert Penn, 1905-1989--Film adaptations.
- Warren, Robert Penn.
- Plantation owners--Southern States--Drama.
- Plantation owners.
- Enslaved persons--United States--Drama.
- Enslaved persons.
- Multiracial people--Southern States--Drama.
- Multiracial people.
- Slaveholders--Drama.
- Slaveholders.
- Man-woman relationships--Southern States--Drama.
- Man-woman relationships.
- Southern States--History--19th century--Drama.
- Southern States.
- Southern States--History--20th century--Drama.
- United States.
- Genre:
- Video recordings with French language options.
- Melodrama.
- Drama.
- Feature films.
- Film adaptations.
- Historical films.
- History.
- Romance films.
- Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
- Love stories.
- Video recordings for hard of hearing people.
- Melodramas (Motion pictures)
- Physical Description:
- 1 videodisc (127 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
- 4 3/4 in.
- Place of Publication:
- Burbank, CA : Warner Home Video, [2007]
- Language Note:
- English and French language soundtracks with optional English subtitles; closed-captioned.
- System Details:
- DVD, region 1; widescreen (matted, enchanced) presentation; Dolby Digital mono; dual-layer.
- digital optical mono Dolby Digital
- NTSC
- video file region 1
- DVD video
- Summary:
- Hamish Bond is a plantation owner who has a secret past of slave trading. Rau-ru is a freedom-yearning slave who has been raised as a son by Bond. Amantha Starr is a fiery belle who goes on the auction block when her part-African heritage is revealed -- and is sold to Bond. She loathes Bond at first but is eventually won over.
- An orphan learns she is part African-American, and is therefore sold into slavery. She becomes the mistress of her owner just before the Civil War breaks out. Based on the novel by Robert Penn Warren.
- Participant:
- Clark Gable, Yvonne De Carlo, Sidney Poitier, Efrem Zimbalist, Jr., Patric Knowles, Rex Reason.
- Credits:
- Director of photography, Lucien Ballard ; editor, Folmar Blangsted ; music, Max Steiner.
- Notes:
- Based on the novel by Robert Penn Warren.
- Originally released as a motion picture in 1957.
- Special features: theatrical trailer.
- ISBN:
- 1419844024
- 9781419844027
- OCLC:
- 78806134
- Publisher Number:
- 085391111993
- 1419844024 $19.97
- 111199 Warner Home Video
- Online:
- Credits from Internet Movie Database
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