Frank Capra : the early collection.

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.

Bibliographic Details
Corporate Authors:	Columbia Pictures Corporation, Sony Pictures Home Entertainment (Firm)
Other Authors:	Capra, Frank, 1897-1991 (Director), Cohn, Harry, 1891-1958 (Producer), Swerling, Jo, 1897-1964 (Screenwriter), Howell, Dorothy, 1899-1971 (Screenwriter), Paramore, Edward E., Jr (Screenwriter), Stanwyck, Barbara, 1907-1990 (Actor), Graves, Ralph, 1900-1977 (Actor), Sherman, Lowell, 1888-1934 (Actor), Cook, Joe, 1887-1959 (Actor), Fazenda, Louise, 1895-1962 (Actor), Peers, Joan, 1909-1975 (Actor), Manners, David, 1901-1998 (Actor), Hardy, Sam, 1883-1935 (Actor), Menjou, Adolphe, 1890-1963 (Actor), Bellamy, Ralph, 1904-1991 (Actor), Asther, Nils, 1897-1981 (Actor), Mori, Toshia, 1912-1995 (Actor), Gropper, Milton Herbert, Gleason, James, 1886-1959, Marks, Maurice, -1952, Meehan, John, 1890-1954, Stone, Grace Zaring, 1891-1991, Arnold, Jeremy, Gondry, Michel, Basinger, Jeanine, Scorsese, Martin, Howard, Ron, 1954-
Format:	Video DVD
Language:	English
Published:	Culver City, CA : Sony Pictures Home Entertainment, [2012]
Series:	TCM vault collection.
Subjects:	Man-woman relationships > Drama. Prostitutes > New York (State) > New York > Drama. Painters > New York (State) > New York > Drama. Models (Persons) > New York (State) > New York > Drama. Circus owners > Drama. Circus > Drama. Spiritual healing > Drama. Swindlers and swindling > Drama. Librarians > Drama. Unmarried mothers > Drama. Adultery > Drama. Missionaries > China > Shanghai > Drama. Interracial dating > China > Shanghai > Drama. China > History > Revolution, 1911-1912 > Drama. Unrequited love > Drama. Melodramas (Motion pictures) Romantic comedy films. Romance films. Film adaptations. Feature films. Fiction films.

Description
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.
Item Description:	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. Videorecording.
Physical Description:	5 videodiscs (approximately 450 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in.
Format:	DVD; NTSC; region 1; fullscreen (1.33:1 aspect ratio); Dolby digital 2.0 mono; restored and remastered.
Production 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. The Bitter tea of General Yen: photography, Joseph Walker ; film editor, Edward Curtis ; musical score, W. Frank Harling.