The roaring twenties [videorecording] / Warner Bros. Pictures Inc. ; screenplay, Jerry Wald, Richard Macaulay, Robert Rossen ; director, Raoul Walsh.

Edition:

Standard version.

Publication:

Burbank, CA : Distributed by Warner Home Video, c2005.

Series:

Warner Bros. Pictures gangsters

Format/Description:

Video
1 videodisc (106 min.) : sd., b&w ; 4 3/4 in.

Subjects:

Hellinger, Mark, 1903-1947 -- Film adaptations.
Nineteen twenties -- Drama.
World War, 1914-1918 -- Veterans -- Drama.
Gangsters -- New York (State) -- New York -- Drama.
New York (N.Y.) -- Social life and customs -- 20th century -- Drama.

Form/Genre:

Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
Feature films.
Gangster films.

Language:

In English with optional English, French or Spanish subtitles.
Closed-captioned.

System Details:

DVD - NTSC; Dolby digital mono; Region 1.

Summary:

A World War I veteran (Cagney) returns to New York, innocently becomes involved in bootlegging, builds up an empire and dies in a gang war. Set against a background of newsreel-like montages and narration.

Participant:

James Cagney, Priscilla Lane, Humphrey Bogart, Gladys George, Jeffrey Lynn, Frank McHugh, Paul Kelly.

Credits:

Photographer, Ernest Haller ; music, Heinz Roemheld.

Notes:

From an original story by Mark Hellinger.
Originally released as a motion picture in 1939.
Special features: Leonard Malten hosts Warner night at the movies 1939 with newsreel, musical short All girl revue, comedy short The great library misery, cartoon Thugs with Dirty mugs and theatrical trailers; new featurette The roaring twenties : The world moves on; commentary by film historian Lincoln Hurst.
Issued in slipcase: "Warner Bros. Pictures gangsters collection".

Local notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Sabin W. Colton, Jr., Memorial Fund.

Contributor:

Walsh, Raoul, 1887-1980 , Director
Wald, Jerry, 1911-1962 , Screenwriter
Macaulay, Richard, 1909-1969 , Screenwriter
Rossen, Robert, 1908-1966 , Screenwriter
Cagney, James, 1899-1986. , Actor
Bogart, Humphrey, 1899-1957 , Actor
Lane, Priscilla, 1917-1995 , Actor
George, Gladys, 1904-1954. , Actor
Lynn, Jeffrey. , Actor
Roemheld, Heinz, 1901-1985. , Composer
Hellinger, Mark, 1903-1947. , Author
Warner Bros. Pictures. , Producer
Warner Home Video (Firm). , Distributor
Sabin W. Colton, Jr., Memorial Fund.

Related Work:

Hellinger, Mark, 1903-1947., Author Roaring twenties.

ISBN:

0790792303

OCLC:

57544082

Publisher Number:

012569690820
66908 Warner Home Video

Web link:

The Sabin W. Colton, Jr., Memorial Fund Home Page

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