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The Magnificent Ambersons /

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The story of the decline of a once powerful and wealthy mid-western family as the twentieth century begins. Side 4 contains supplementary materials including the complete original shooting script, a visual essay by Robert Carringer, the Mercury Theatre radio version, and excerpts from Pampered youth...

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Bibliographic Details
Uniform Title:Magnificent Ambersons (Motion picture)
Corporate Authors: RKO Radio Pictures, Janus Films, Voyager Press
Other Authors: Cotten, Joseph, 1905-1994, Costello, Dolores, 1905-1979, Holt, Tim, 1918-1973, Baxter, Anne, Moorehead, Agnes, 1900-1974, Tarkington, Booth, 1869-1946, Welles, Orson, 1915-1985
Format: Video DVD
Language:English
Series:Criterion collection.
Subjects:
Feature films.
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Summary:The story of the decline of a once powerful and wealthy mid-western family as the twentieth century begins. Side 4 contains supplementary materials including the complete original shooting script, a visual essay by Robert Carringer, the Mercury Theatre radio version, and excerpts from Pampered youth, the 1925 silent film version.
Item Description:Videodisc release of the 1942 motion picture.
Based on the novel of the same title by Booth Tarkington.
Second audio track has an 80 min. essay by Robert Carringer analyzing the film in depth.
Videorecording.
Physical Description:2 videodiscs (88 min.) : sound, black and white ; 12 in. + 1 index to the storyboards.
Format:CAV format.
Production Credits:Cinematography, Stanley Cortez ; art director, Mark-Lee Kirk, editor, Robert Wise ; score, Bernard Herrmann.
ISBN:0931393302