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Frank Capra : the early collection
Title
Frank Capra : the early collection.
Published
Culver City, CA : Sony Pictures Home Entertainment, ©2012.
Physical Description
5 videodiscs (approximately 450 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in.
Notes
Title from box.
Ladies of leisure based on the play by Milton Herbert Gropper ; Rain or Shine based on the play by James Gleason, Maurice Marks ; Miracle woman based on the play Bless you sister by John Meehan and Robert Riskin ; The bitter tea of General Yen based on the novel by Grace Zaring Stone.
Bonus features for Ladies of leisure: audio commentary by film historian Jeremy Arnold, stills, lobby card, TCMDb article, Frank Capra biography.
Bonus features for Rain or shine: Michel Gondry on Rain or Shine, stills, posters and lobby cards, TCMDb article, international version.
Bonus features for Miracle woman: Ron Howard on The miracle woman, stills, photographs, lobby cards, TCMDb article.
Bonus features for Forbidden: audio commentary by film historian Jeanine Basinger, stills, photographs, posters, lobby cards, TCMDb article.
Bonus features for Bitter tea of General Yen: Defining Capra's early style with Martin Scorsese and Ron Howard, stills, posters, lobby cards, TCMDb article, a behind-the-scene production short.
Ladies of leisure: adapted by Jo Swerling ; director of photography, Joseph Walker ; editor, Maurice Wright ; musical director, Bakaleinikoff.
Rain or shine: director of photography, Joe Walker ; editor, Maurice Wright ; musical director, Bakaleinikoff.
The miracle woman: director of photography, Joseph Walker ; editor, Maurice Wright.
Forbidden: director of photography, Joseph Walker ; editor, Maurice Wright.
Summary
Ladies of leisure: During the flapper era, a young woman tries to ensnare her confirmed bachelor beau. Meanwhile, her brother falls for a woman with a dark past.
Rain or shine: A young woman inherits her father's financially troubled circus.
Miracle woman: Based loosely on the life of famed evangelist Aimee Semple McPherson. After Florence Fallon's father is fired from the church where he preached for many years, she becomes embittered and loses faith. She teams up with Horsby, a con man, and begins faking miracles for profit. The love and trust of a blind man restores her faith in God and her fellow man.
Forbidden: Tells the story of an adulterous affair between a librarian Barbara Stanwyck and a wealthy married man.
The bitter tea of General Yen: A tragic tale of a Chinese warlord's unrequited love for an American missionary, set during China's Civil War.
Variant and related titles
Ladies of leisure.
Rain or shine.
Miracle woman.
Forbidden.
Bitter tea of General Yen.
Format
Images / Video & Film
Language
English
Added to Catalog
April 11, 2018
Credits
Ladies of leisure: adapted by Jo Swerling ; director of photography, Joseph Walker ; editor, Maurice Wright ; musical director, Bakaleinikoff.
Rain or shine: director of photography, Joe Walker ; editor, Maurice Wright ; musical director, Bakaleinikoff.
The miracle woman: director of photography, Joseph Walker ; editor, Maurice Wright.
Forbidden: director of photography, Joseph Walker ; editor, Maurice Wright.
Cast
Ladies of leisure: Barbara Stanwyck, Ralph Graves, Lowell Sherman, Marie Prevost.
Rain or shine: Joe Cook, Louise Fazenda, Joan Peers, William Collier, Jr., Tom Howard.
The miracle woman: Barbara Stanwyck, David Manners, Sam Hardy.
Forbidden: Barbara Stanwyck, Adolphe Menjou, Ralph Bellamy.
The bitter tea of General Yen : Barbara Stanwyck, Nils Asther, Toshia Mori.
System details note
DVD; NTSC; region 1; fullscreen (1.33:1 aspect ratio); Dolby digital 2.0 mono; restored and remastered.
Contents
Ladies of Leisure / Frank Capra (1930, 100 min., United States)
Rain or Shine / Frank Capra (1930, 88 min., United States)
Miracle Woman, The / Frank Capra (1931, 90 min., United States)
Forbidden / Frank Capra (1932, 85 min., United States)
Bitter Tea of General Yen, The / Frank Capra (1932, 87 min., United States).
Subjects
Genre/Form
Drama.
Feature films.
Fiction films.
Film adaptations.
History.
Melodramas (Motion pictures)
Romance films.
Romantic comedy films.
Melodramas (Motion pictures)
Romantic comedy films.
Romance films.
Film adaptations.
Feature films.
Fiction films.
Also listed under
Columbia Pictures Corporation.
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment (Firm)
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