Icons of screwball comedy, Volume 2

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Label

Icons of screwball comedy, Volume 2

Title number

Volume 2

Statement of responsibility

Columbia Pictures Corporation presents

Title variation

Icons of screwball comedy

Contributor

• Sondergaard, Gale, 1899-1985
• Columbia Pictures Corporation
• Sony Pictures Home Entertainment (Firm)
• Aherne, Brian, 1902-1986
• Babcock, Fay C.
• Banks, Lionel, 1901-1950
• Biberman, H. J., (Herbert J.)
• Bischoff, Samuel, 1890-1975
• Boleslavsky, Richard, 1889-1937
• Boyer, Charles, 1899-1978
• Bryant, Nana, 1888-1955
• Buchman, Sidney, 1902-1975
• Burton, Frederick, 1871-1957
• Byington, Spring, 1886-1971
• Coburn, Charles
• Costello, Don, 1901-1945
• Courtland, Jerome, 1926-2012
• Dingle, Charles, 1887-1956
• Donnell, Jeff, 1921-1988
• Douglas, Melvyn
• Dunne, Irene, 1898-1990
• Englund, Ken
• Flournoy, Richard F., 1900-
• Freeman, Mona
• Gaines, Richard, 1904-1975
• Gardiner, Reginald, 1903-1980
• Goossón, Stephen, 1889-1973
• Greig, Robert, 1879-1958
• Gwenn, Edmund, 1875-1959
• Hall, Alexander, 1894-1968
• Hall, Thurston, 1882-1958
• Henley, Jack, 1896-1958
• Herbert, F. Hugh, (Frederick Hugh), 1897-1958
• Heymann, Werner Richard, 1896-1961
• Hickox, Sid, 1895-1982
• Kish, Joseph
• Kolker, Henry, 1874-1947
• Lawrence, Viola, 1894-1973
• Leslie, Aleen
• Louis, Jean, 1907-1997
• McBride, Donald, 1889-1957
• McCarthy, Mary, (Mary Eunice)
• McWade, Margaret, 1872-1956
• Meyer, Otto
• Milland, Ray
• Mitchell, Thomas, 1892-1962
• Nelson, Charles, 1901-1997
• Newman, Bernard, 1903-1966
• Patrick, Gail, 1911-1980
• Patrick, Lee, 1901-1982
• Patterson, Elizabeth, 1875-1966
• Perlberg, William, 1899-1969
• Polglase, Van Nest, 1898-1968
• Risdon, Elizabeth, 1887-1958
• Roos, Kelley
• Russell, Stanley
• Seaton, George, 1911-1979
• Stoloff, Morris, 1898-1980
• Toler, Sidney, 1874-1947
• Van Upp, Virginia
• Vidor, Charles, 1900-1959
• Walker, Joseph B.
• Wallace, Richard, 1894-1951
• Wright, William, 1912-1949
• Young, Loretta, 1913-2000

Actor

• Douglas, Melvyn
• Young, Loretta, 1913-2000
• Greig, Robert, 1879-1958
• Donnell, Jeff, 1921-1988
• Costello, Don, 1901-1945
• Toler, Sidney, 1874-1947
• Wright, William, 1912-1949
• Courtland, Jerome, 1926-2012
• Patrick, Gail, 1911-1980
• Hall, Thurston, 1882-1958
• Patrick, Lee, 1901-1982
• Patterson, Elizabeth, 1875-1966
• Gaines, Richard, 1904-1975
• Burton, Frederick, 1871-1957
• Aherne, Brian, 1902-1986
• Risdon, Elizabeth, 1887-1958
• Freeman, Mona
• Byington, Spring, 1886-1971
• Dunne, Irene, 1898-1990
• Gwenn, Edmund, 1875-1959
• Coburn, Charles
• Sondergaard, Gale, 1899-1985
• McBride, Donald, 1889-1957
• Dingle, Charles, 1887-1956
• McWade, Margaret, 1872-1956
• Kolker, Henry, 1874-1947
• Milland, Ray
• Mitchell, Thomas, 1892-1962
• Boyer, Charles, 1899-1978
• Bryant, Nana, 1888-1955
• Gardiner, Reginald, 1903-1980

Art director

• Polglase, Van Nest, 1898-1968
• Banks, Lionel, 1901-1950
• Goossón, Stephen, 1889-1973

Cinematographer

• Hickox, Sid, 1895-1982
• Walker, Joseph B.

Costume designer

• Newman, Bernard, 1903-1966
• Louis, Jean, 1907-1997

Film director

• Boleslavsky, Richard, 1889-1937
• Hall, Alexander, 1894-1968
• Vidor, Charles, 1900-1959
• Wallace, Richard, 1894-1951

Film distributor

• Sony Pictures Home Entertainment (Firm)

Film editor

• Nelson, Charles, 1901-1997
• Lawrence, Viola, 1894-1973
• Meyer, Otto

Film producer

• Bischoff, Samuel, 1890-1975
• Van Upp, Virginia
• Perlberg, William, 1899-1969

Musical director

• Stoloff, Morris, 1898-1980

Production company

• Columbia Pictures Corporation

Screenwriter

• Leslie, Aleen
• Roos, Kelley
• Herbert, F. Hugh, (Frederick Hugh), 1897-1958
• Seaton, George, 1911-1979
• Buchman, Sidney, 1902-1975
• Englund, Ken
• Biberman, H. J., (Herbert J.)
• McCarthy, Mary, (Mary Eunice)
• Russell, Stanley
• Henley, Jack, 1896-1958
• Flournoy, Richard F., 1900-
• Van Upp, Virginia

Subject

• Comedy films
• Animated films
• Anonyms and pseudonyms -- Drama
• Feature films
• Feminists -- United States -- Drama
• Fiction films
• Man-woman relationships -- Drama
• Marriage -- United States -- Drama
• Married people -- United States -- Drama
• Murder -- Investigation -- United States -- Drama
• Romantic comedy films
• Screwball comedy films
• Sculptors -- United States -- Drama
• Short films
• Video recordings for the hearing impaired
• Widows -- Drama
• Women authors -- Drama

Genre

• Fiction films
• Animated films
• Comedy films
• Drama
• Feature films
• Romantic comedy films
• Screwball comedy films
• Short films
• Video recordings for the hearing impaired

Language

• eng
• eng
• eng
• eng

Summary

• Theodora goes wild: A small-time author whose racy bestsellers, written under a pseudonym, bring her notoriety when a New Yorker discovers her secret
• Together again: The mayor's widow falls for a sculptor as he works on a statue of her late husband
• The doctor takes a wife: A feminist writer is forced to pretend she's married to a man whom she loathes
• A night to remember: A woman and her mystery writer husband take an apartment in Greenwich Village and almost immediately find themselves in the middle of a genuine murder case

Related

• Night to remember
• Mad hatter
• Together again

Member of

• Theodora goes wild
• Night to remember (Motion picture : 1942)
• Doctor takes a wife
• Together again (Motion picture : 1944)

Cataloging source

CLE

Characteristic

videorecording

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Credits note

• Theodora goes wild: photography, Joseph Walker ; film editor, Otto Meyer ; art director, Stephen Goosson ; musical direction, Morris Stoloff ; gowns, Bernard Newman
• Together again: director of photography, Joseph Walker ; film editor, Otto Meyer ; art direction, Stephen Goossón and Van Nest Polglase ; set decoration, Fay Babcock ; gowns by Jean Louis ; musical score by Wener R. Heymann ; musical director, M.W. Stoloff
• The doctor takes a wife: director of photography, Sid Hickox ; film editor, Viola Lawrence ; art direction, Lionel Banks ; musical director, M.W. Stoloff
• A night to remember: director of photography, Joseph Walker ; film editor, Charles Nelson ; art direction, Lionel Banks ; interior decorator, Joseph Kish ; music by Werner R. Heymann ; musical director, M.W. Stoloff

Dewey number

791.43/75

Intended audience

Not rated by MPAA

Language note

In English with optional English subtitles; closed-captioned

LC call number

PN1997

LC item number

.I26 2009

PerformerNote

• Theodora goes wild: Irene Dunne, Melvyn Douglas, Thomas Mitchell, Thurston Hall, Elisabeth Risdon, Margaret McWade, Spring Byington, Nana Bryant, Henry Kolker, Leona Maricle, Robert Greig, Frederick Burton
• Together again: Irene Dunne, Charles Boyer, Charles Coburn, Mona Freeman, Jerome Courtland, Elizabeth Patterson, Charles Dingle
• The doctor takes a wife: Loretta Young, Ray Milland, Reginald Gardiner, Gail Patrick, Edmund Gwenn
• A night to remember: Loretta Young, Brian Aherne, Jeff Donnell, William Wright, Sidney Toler, Gale Sondergaard, Donald MacBride, Lee Patrick, Don Costello, Richard Gaines

Runtime

374

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Technique

live action