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Call Number: DVD00755

by Fred Astaire; Leslie Caron; Jean Negulesco; Phoebe Ephron; Henry Ephron; Johnny Mercer; Jean Webster; Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corporation.;

Format: DVD

Language: English

Publisher: Beverly Hills, Calif. : 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment, 2005, ©1955.

Notes:Originally released in 1955 (126 min. Black & White); From the novel by Jean Webster; nominated for three 1956 academy awards; Special features: audio commentary by Ava Astaire McKenzie and film historian/author Ken Barnes with archival commentary by songwriter Johnny Mercer; Fox Movietone news footage – Hollywood, New York and London premieres; still photo gallery

Summary:  Millionaire playboy Jervis Pendleton III becomes enamored with a young woman living in a French orphanage, and decides to anonymously sponsor her college education in America. When they finally meet face-to-face two years later, romance blossoms but is complicated by Jervis’s hesitance towards their age differences.

OCLC #: 64172952

Added: April 26, 2010

Call Number: DVD00437

by Jean Negulesco; Edward Chodorov; Margaret Gruen; Oscar Saul; Ida Lupino; Cornel Wilde; Celeste Holm; Richard Widmark; Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corporation.; Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment, Inc.;

Format: DVD

Language: English

Publisher: Beverly Hills, Calif. : 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment, [2008]

Notes:Originally released in 1948 (95 mins.); Special features: Audio commentary by Film Noir historians Kim Morgan and Eddie Muller; Killer instincts: Richard Widmark and Ida Lupino at Twentieth Century Fox featurettes; Interactive Pressbook; Still photo galleries

Summary:Roadhouse owner Jefty Morgan hires a singer from Chicago to sing in his club. He falls for her but she has eyes for Pete, who works for Morgan. Morgan frames Pete for stealing money from him and must face his murderous jealousy.

OCLC #: 234199258

Also:available on VHS at VHS00907

Added: April 26, 2010