| Description |
1 videodisc (ca. 389 min.) : sd., b&w ; 4 3/4 in. |
| System Details |
DVD, region 1; Dolby pro logic II. |
| Contents |
Elmer Gantry -- Convicts -- Birdman of Alcatraz. |
| Cast |
Elmer Gantry: Burt Lancaster, Jean Simmons, Dean Jagger, Arthur Kennedy, Shirley Jones, Patti Page. |
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Convicts: Robert Duvall, Lukas Haas, James Earl Jones. |
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Birdman of Alcatraz: Burt Lancaster, Karl Malden, Thelma Ritter, Neville Brand, Betty Field, Telly Savalas, Edmond O'Brien. |
| Credits |
Elmer Gantry: United Artists Pictures Inc. ; produced by Bernard Smith ; screenplay written and directed by Richard Brooks ; cinematographer, John Alton ; editor, Marjorie Fowler ; music, Andre Previn. |
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Convicts: M.C.E.G. presents a Jonathan D. Krane production ; produced by Jonathan D. Krane and Sterling VanWagenen ; screenplay by Horton Foote ; directed by Peter Masterson. |
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Birdman of Alcatraz: United Artists Pictures Inc. ; Harold Hecht presents ; screenplay by Guy Trosper ; produced by Stuart Millar and Guy Trosper ; directed by John Frankenheimer ; photographed by Burnett Guffey ; art director, Ferdie Carrere ; edited by Edward Mann ; music by Elmer Bernstein. |
| Note |
"3 pack drama"--Container. |
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Elmer Gantry: originally produced as a motion picture in 1960 (number 1001582). |
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Convicts: originally produced as a motion picture in 1990. |
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Birdman of Alcatraz: originally produced as a motion picture in 1962 (number 1001580). |
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Elmer Gantry: Based on the book of the same title by Sinclair Lewis. |
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Convicts: Based upon the play by Horton Foote. |
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Birdman of Alcatraz: Based on the book of the same title by Tom Gaddis. |
| Summary |
Elmer Gantry: One man's fervent pursuit of wealth and power leads him to religion for profit in the evangelist tents of the 1920's Midwestern Corn Belt. |
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Convicts: The story of young orphan, Horace Robedaux, who ends up working as a laborer on a sugar plantation and befriends the prisoners who work the fields. |
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Birdman of Alcatraz: The true story of a convicted killer who avoids the depths of despair by becoming a world-renowned authority on birds during his imprisonment. |
| Audience |
MPAA rating: Not rated. |
| Awards |
Elmer Gantry: Academy Awards for Best Actor (Lancaster), Best Supporting Actress (Jones) and Best Adapted Screenplay (Brooks), 1961. |
| Subject |
Stroud, Robert, 1890-1963 -- Drama.
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Prisons -- California -- Drama.
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United States Penitentiary, Alcatraz Island, California -- Drama.
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Evangelists -- United States -- Drama.
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Evangelistic work -- United States -- Drama.
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Middle West -- Drama.
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Avarice -- Drama.
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| Genre/Form |
Feature films.
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| Added Author |
Trosper, Guy, 1911-1963.
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Millar, Stuart, 1929-2006.
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Frankenheimer, John, 1930-2002.
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Lancaster, Burt, 1913-1994.
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Malden, Karl.
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Ritter, Thelma.
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Brand, Neville, 1920-1992.
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Field, Betty, 1918-1973.
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Savalas, Telly, 1924-1994.
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O'Brien, Edmond, 1915-1985.
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Bernstein, Elmer.
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Smith, Bernard, 1907-1999.
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Brooks, Richard, 1912-1992.
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Simmons, Jean, 1929-2010.
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Jagger, Dean, 1903-1991.
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Kennedy, Arthur, 1914-1990.
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Jones, Shirley, 1934-
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Page, Patti, 1927-
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Alton, John.
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Fowler, Marjorie.
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Previn, Andre, 1929-2019.
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Masterson, Peter, 1934-2018.
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Duvall, Robert.
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Haas, Lukas, 1976-
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Jones, James Earl, 1931-
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Melnick, Peter Rodgers, 1958-
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Lewis, Sinclair, 1885-1951.
Elmer Gantry.
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Foote, Horton, 1916-2009.
Convicts.
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Gaddis, Thomas E.
Birdman of Alcatraz.
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MCEG Sterling Incorporated.
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United Artists Corporation.
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Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer.
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Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment, Inc.
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