Format:
Video disc
Title:
Greatest classic films collection. Romantic comedies
Other title(s):
Turner Classic Movies greatest classic films collection
Romantic comedies
ISBN:
9781419876882
Edition:
Standard version.
Publication:
Burbank, CA : Warner Home Video, [2009]
Physical Description:
2 videodiscs (426 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in.
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General Note:
Title from container.
Also issued as 4 single-sided discs.
Full screen (1.33:1).
The Philadelphia Story is based on the play by Philip Barry.
Special features: Disc 1. (The Philadelphia Story) Commentary by Jeanine Basinger; Cukor Trailer Gallery; Awards. (Bringing up Baby) Commentary by Peter Bogdanovich; Hawks trailer gallery; Disc 2. (Adam's Rib, Woman of the Year) Theatrical trailers.
Contents:
Disc 1. The Philadelphia Story / Metro Goldwyn Mayer ; produced by Loew's Incorporated ; screen play by Donald Ogden Stewart ; directed by George Cukor ; produced by Joseph L. Mankiewicz (113 min., 1940) -- Bringing up Baby / an RKO Radio Picture ; screen play by Dudley Nichols & Hagar Wilde from a story by Hagar Wilde ; directed by Howard Hawks (103 min., 1938)
Disc 2. Adam's Rib / Metro Goldwyn Mayer ; produced by Loew's Incorporated ; screen play by Ruth Gordon and Garson Kanin ; directed by George Cukor ; produced by Lawrence Weingarten (102 min., 1949) -- Woman of the Year / Metro Goldwyn Mayer ; produced by Loew's Incorporated ; original screenplay by Ring Lardner, Jr. and Michael Kanin ; produced by Joseph L. Mankiewicz ; directed by George Stevens (115 min., 1942).
Summary:
The Philadelphia Story: When a rich woman's ex-husband and a tabloid-type reporter turn up just before her planned remarriage, she begins to learn the truth about herself.
Bringing up Baby: While trying to secure a one million dollar donation for his museum, a befuddled paleontologist is pursued by a flighty and often irritating heiress and her pet leopard "Baby."
Adam's Rib: Domestic and professional tensions mount when a husband and wife work as opposing lawyers in a case involving a woman who shot her husband.
Woman of the Year: Rival reporters Sam and Tess fall in love and get married, only to find their relationship strained when Sam comes to resent Tess' hectic lifestyle.
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Container of (work): Philadelphia story (Motion picture)
Container of (work): Bringing up Baby (Motion picture)
Container of (work): Woman of the year (Motion picture)
Container of (work): Adam's rib (Motion picture : 1949)
Container of (expression): Adam's rib (Motion picture : 1949). French.
Container of (expression): Woman of the year (Motion picture). French.
Container of (expression): Woman of the year (Motion picture). Spanish.