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The big broadcast of 1938

DVD

2015

Format:	DVD, Videorecording, Projected Medium, Visual Materials
Uniform Title:	Big broadcast of 1938 (Motion picture)
Title:	The big broadcast of 1938 / A Paramount Picture ; Adolph Zukor presents ; screenplay by Walter DeLeon, Francis Martin, and Ken Englund ; direced by Mitchell Leisen ; produced by Harlan Thompson.
Publisher, Date:	Universal City, CA : Universal Studios Home Entertainment, [2015]
Description:	1 videodisc (92 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in. 4 3/4 in. digital optical NTSC video file DVD video region 1
Summary:	A pair of brothers, both played by W.C. Fields, embark on a race across the Atlantic in their giant steamships.
Target Audience Note:	Rating: Not rated.
Series:	Universal vault series Universal vault series.
Subjects:	Sibling rivalry -- Drama. Brothers -- Drama. Steamboats -- Drama. Racing -- Drama.
Genre:	Comedy films. Musical films. Feature films. Fiction films.
Other Author:	Leisen, Mitchell, 1898-1972, film director. DeLeon, Walter, 1884-1947, screenwriter. Martin, Francis, 1900-1979, screenwriter. Englund, Ken, screenwriter. Thompson, Harlan, 1890-1966, film producer. Zukor, Adolph, 1873-1976, presenter. Fields, W. C. (William Claude), 1880-1946, actor. Raye, Martha, actor. Lamour, Dorothy, 1914-1996, actor. Ross, Shirley, 1913-1975, actor. Hope, Bob, 1903-2003, actor. Blue, Ben, 1901-1975, actor. Overman, Lynne, 1887-1943, actor. Flagstad, Kirsten, 1895-1962, singer, actor. Guizar, Tito, 1908-1999, actor. Fields, Shep, 1910-1981, actor. Rainger, Ralph, 1901-1942, composer (expression) Robin, Leo, lyricist. Fischbeck, Harry, director of photography. Warren, Eda, editor of moving image work. House, Chandler, editor of moving image work. Dreier, Hans, 1885-1966, art director. Fegté, Ernst, 1900-1976, art director. Prinz, Le Roy, 1895-1983, choreographer (expression) Morros, Boris, 1891-1963, musical director. Head, Edith, costume designer. Schlesinger, Leon, 1884-1949, animator. Rippling Rhythm Orchestra, instrumentalist. Paramount Pictures, Inc., production company. Universal Studios Home Entertainment (Firm), publisher.
Notes:	Originally produced in 1938. Based on an adaptation by Howard Lindsay and Russel Crouse of a story by Frederick Hazlitt Brennan. Music and lyrics by Ralph Rainger and Leo Robin ; photographed by Harry Fischbeck ; art direction by Hans Dreier and Ernst Fegté ; edited by Eda Warren and Chandler House ; musical director, Boris Morros ; dances staged by LeRoy Prinz ; costumes, Edith Head ; cartoon sequence, Leon Schlesinger. W.C. Fields, Martha Raye, Dorothy Lamour, Shirley Ross, Bob Hope, Ben Blue, Lynne Overman, Kirsten Flagstad of the Metropolitan Opera Company, Tito Guizar, Shep Fields and his Rippling Rhythm Orchestra. DVD, NTSC, Dolby Digital 2.0 mono, region 1, full frame 1.33:1. English.
Publisher Number:	61172812
Other Number:	934654999
System Availability:	1
Current Holds:	0
# Local items:	1
Control Number:	912739
# Local items in:	1
# System items in:	1
Call Number:	DVD MOVIE Big broa

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