Catalog - The City Library

Format:

DVD, Videorecording, Projected Medium, Visual Materials

Title:

Florence Foster Jenkins : a world of her own / a DCzDVDz production ; written, produced, narrated by Donald Collup.

Publisher, Date:

Pleasantville, New York : Video Artists International, [2007]

Description:

1 videodisc (89 min.) : DVD video, sound, black and white with color sequences ; 4 3/4 in.

digital stereo

NTSC

video file DVD video region 0

Summary:

Documentary of the eccentric socialite. Includes interviews with friends and colleagues Kathleen Bayfield, Florence Darnault and Adolf Pollitz, comments from Cosme McMoon, and reminiscences from witnesses to the "night of nights," the Carnegie Hall recital of Oct. 25, 1944, Marge Champion, Alfred Hubay and Daniel Pinkham.

Subjects:

Jenkins, Florence Foster, 1868-1944.

Singers -- United States -- Biography.

Genre:

Documentary films.

Other Author:

Jenkins, Florence Foster, 1868-1944, singer.

Collup, Donald, screenwriter, film producer, speaker, performer.

Lalli, Richard, 1952- performer.

Jones, Elinor, 1930- performer.

Benko, Gregor, researcher.

Bayfield, Kathleen, interviewee.

Darnault, Florence, interviewee.

Pollitz, Adolf, interviewee.

McMoon, Cosme, interviewee.

Champion, Marge, interviewee.

Hubay, Alfred, interviewee.

Pinkham, Daniel, interviewee.

DCzDVDz (Firm), production company.

Video Artists International, film distributor.

Other Title:

World of her own

Notes:

Program notes in English (6 unnumbered pages ; 19 cm) inserted in container.

Documentary piano music played by Richard Lalli assisted by Donald Collup ; voice of a club woman researching Florence Foster Jenkins, Elinor Jones ; majority of materials used in documentary provided by Gregor Benko.

Florence Foster Jenkins, vocals.

DVD; NTSC; aspect ratio 4:3; region code 0; soundtrack in mono.

Web Site:

View cover art

Publisher Number:

4431

Other Number:

191749195

System Availability:

1

Current Holds:

0

# Local items:

1

Control Number:

629684

# Local items in:

1

# System items in:

1

Call Number:

DVD BIO Jenkins