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The Resource The Palm Beach story, Universal ; a Paramount Picture ; written and directed by Preston Sturges

The Palm Beach story, Universal ; a Paramount Picture ; written and directed by Preston Sturges

Label
The Palm Beach story
Title
The Palm Beach story
Statement of responsibility
Universal ; a Paramount Picture ; written and directed by Preston Sturges
Contributor
Actor
Art director
Costume designer
Director of photography
Film director
Film distributor
Film editor
Production company
Screenwriter
Voice actor
Writer of supplementary textual content
Subject
Genre
Language
  • eng
  • eng
  • eng
Summary
"Tom and Gerry are a married New York couple who are on the skids, financially and romantically. With Tom hot on her trail, Gerry takes off for Florida on a mission to solve the pair's money troubles, which she accomplishes in a highly unorthodox manner"--Container
Member of
Cataloging source
TEFMT
Characteristic
videorecording
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  • Screen guild theater
  • Safeguarding military information
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Credits note
Director of photography, Victor Milner ; music score, Victor Young ; art direction, Hans Dreier, Ernst Fegté ; edited by Stuart Gilmore ; Miss Colbert's gowns by Irene
Intended audience
MPAA rating: Not rated
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Language note
English dialogue with English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing
PerformerNote
Claudette Colbert, Joel McCrea, Mary Astor, Rudy Vallee, William Demarest, Franklin Pangborn, Robert Warwick, Chester Conklin, Al Bridge, Rosco Ates
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  • 1905-1990
  • 1906-1987
  • 1889-1958
  • 1878-1964
  • 1888-1971
  • 1891-1957
  • 1895-1962
  • 1893-1972
  • 1900-1956
  • 1885-1966
  • 1900-1976
  • 1913-1971
  • 1901-1962
  • 1929-2020
  • 1978-
  • 1898-1987
  • 1915-2002
  • 1901-1986
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  • Sturges, Preston
  • Colbert, Claudette
  • McCrea, Joel
  • Astor, Mary
  • Demarest, William
  • Pangborn, Franklyn
  • Warwick, Robert
  • Conklin, Chester
  • Bridge, Al
  • Ates, Roscoe
  • Milner, Victor
  • Young, Victor
  • Dreier, Hans
  • Fegté, Ernst
  • Gilmore, Stuart
  • Irene
  • Harvey, James
  • Hader, Bill
  • Scott, Randolph
  • Bracken, Eddie
  • Zacharek, Stephanie
  • Vallée, Rudy
  • Paramount Pictures, Inc
  • Universal Pictures (Firm)
  • Criterion Collection (Firm)
Runtime
88
Series statement
The Criterion collection
Series volume
742
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  • Spouses
  • Marital conflict
  • Inventors
  • Paramours
  • Man-woman relationships
  • Palm Beach (Fla.)
Technique
live action
Label
The Palm Beach story, Universal ; a Paramount Picture ; written and directed by Preston Sturges
Link
http://www.criterion.com/films/28103-the-palm-beach-story
Instantiates
Publication
Note
  • Originally released as a motion picture in 1942
  • 1.37:1 aspect ratio
  • Film clip and additional information on the film available at the Criterion Collection website
  • Special features: New 4K digital restoration; James Harvey on Sturges (new interview with writer and film historian James Harvey); BIll Hader on Sturges (new interview with actor and comedian Bill Hader); Radio adaptation (Screen Guild Theater radio adaptation of the film from March 15, 1943, starring Claudette Colbert, Randolph Scott, and Rudy Vallee); Safeguarding military information (short film from 1941, written by Preston Sturges and distributed by the War Activities Committee of the Motion Picture Industry, appearance by Eddie Bracken); Insert features an essay by critic Stephanie Zacharek
Accompanying material
1 insert.
Carrier category
videodisc
Carrier category code
  • vd
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Color
black and white
Configuration of playback channels
monaural
Content category
two-dimensional moving image
Content type code
  • tdi
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
Dimensions
4 3/4 in. +
Dimensions
  • 4 3/4 in.
  • other
Edition
Blu-ray edition.
Extent
1 videodisc (88 min.)
Isbn
9781604659436
Media category
video
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • v
Medium for sound
videodisc
Other control number
715515135917
Other physical details
sound, black and white
Physical substance
  • metal
  • plastic
Publisher number
CC2435BD
Sound on medium or separate
sound on medium
Specific material designation
videodisc
System control number
  • (OCoLC)898147725
  • ocn898147725
  • OCoLC
System details
Blu-ray, Region A ; requires Blu-ray player; monaural
Video recording format
Blu-ray disc
Label
The Palm Beach story, Universal ; a Paramount Picture ; written and directed by Preston Sturges
Link
http://www.criterion.com/films/28103-the-palm-beach-story
Publication
Note
  • Originally released as a motion picture in 1942
  • 1.37:1 aspect ratio
  • Film clip and additional information on the film available at the Criterion Collection website
  • Special features: New 4K digital restoration; James Harvey on Sturges (new interview with writer and film historian James Harvey); BIll Hader on Sturges (new interview with actor and comedian Bill Hader); Radio adaptation (Screen Guild Theater radio adaptation of the film from March 15, 1943, starring Claudette Colbert, Randolph Scott, and Rudy Vallee); Safeguarding military information (short film from 1941, written by Preston Sturges and distributed by the War Activities Committee of the Motion Picture Industry, appearance by Eddie Bracken); Insert features an essay by critic Stephanie Zacharek
Accompanying material
1 insert.
Carrier category
videodisc
Carrier category code
  • vd
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Color
black and white
Configuration of playback channels
monaural
Content category
two-dimensional moving image
Content type code
  • tdi
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
Dimensions
4 3/4 in. +
Dimensions
  • 4 3/4 in.
  • other
Edition
Blu-ray edition.
Extent
1 videodisc (88 min.)
Isbn
9781604659436
Media category
video
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • v
Medium for sound
videodisc
Other control number
715515135917
Other physical details
sound, black and white
Physical substance
  • metal
  • plastic
Publisher number
CC2435BD
Sound on medium or separate
sound on medium
Specific material designation
videodisc
System control number
  • (OCoLC)898147725
  • ocn898147725
  • OCoLC
System details
Blu-ray, Region A ; requires Blu-ray player; monaural
Video recording format
Blu-ray disc

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